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Family traditions aren’t just fun ways of making memories with those you love. They are vital to building a strong family bond. There are many other reasons why creating and honoring family traditions are so important: Traditions tell a story – your story! Family traditions provide your family with a source of identity. They teach your children about where you ...

One of my favorite preachers to read is Charles Haddon Spurgeon.  For years I have read his Morning and Evening devotional which offers short, yet very powerful, excerpts of Spurgeon’s writings.  While searching for more of his material, I recently came across his Farm Sermons.  If you’ve never read them, may I urge you to do so!  And before you ...

Under Drake’s Flag – 3 Disc 1 (Track 7), Disc 2 (Tracks 1-3) By Jodie Wolfe The next portion of Ned and Gerald’s journey is wrought with adventure, struggles, and the need to think quickly and come up with a plan in order to save themselves and those they are with. This time we journey with them through the deep ...

Francis Drake was born in Tavistock, in Devon, England around 1540 (we don’t know his actual birthday). He became a sailor at a young age and by 1567 he began voyaging the sea for his country, England. Just beginning his career as a privateer, Drake was attacked by a Spanish squadron and lost two ships. However, Drake showed grace under ...

The temptation for many new home educators is to run out and buy as much curriculum as they can afford and immediately start their eight-hour homeschool day in a dedicated room filled with desks, bulletin boards, and fresh paint.  Before you fall prey to the old public school mentality, take a few moments to sit down with a cup of ...

Knowing your child’s interest can help you to stir up some enthusiasm. Learning is more interesting when it becomes relevant to real life or can be tied to something about which he is passionate (even if it’s just the “fascination of the week”). In The Christian Home School, Gregg Harris refers to this as “delight-directed” learning; Marilyn Howshall expands the ...

The start of a fresh year means new goals and aspirations for many of us.  Every year, I start to think about the things I want to accomplish in the new year.  I usually divide up my goals and aspirations into categories such as physical (exercise more, maybe even sign up for a half-marathon), spiritual (more time in prayer and ...

Come, Thou long-expected Jesus / Born to set Thy people free. — Charles Wesley, “Come Thou Long Expected Jesus” (1744) The Redeemer has broken every bond: / The Earth is free, and Heaven is open. — Placide Cappeau, O Holy Night, (1847)   In the Beginning In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Then God created man ...

Christmas is only a few days away.  The hustle and bustle of this time of year seems to only speed up as I get older.  As a child, it seemed that Christmas lasted for months and months.  Of course, as a child, receiving presents was the most exciting part of the season.  And truthfully, I still have very fond memories ...

The story is told about a Christian missionary named Boniface (originally called Winfred) who was commissioned as a missionary to the German pagans in early 700s AD. It was late in December (appx 722 AD), after having made an arduous journey in cold and difficult weather, Boniface, and his band of brothers, came upon the village where he was going ...