Leading Them Out: Why Christian Education Matters
We are a Christian home educating couple in the UK who have put together some articles to encourage fellow home educating parents, as well as to offer a response to many of the strawmen arguments against Christian home education. Thanks for dropping by – we hope it is a blessing!
Our Latest Articles
Praying For Our Children While We Are Still Able
Parenting calls for prayer and I battle the daily temptation to find something else to do. The reason for this is probably because I am a “doer”. I like to put my time to good use and see a visible result. I could spend ten minutes praying, but I could also spend ten minutes marking some Maths, tidying the kitchen or even reading a book (so I can tick something off on my reading challenge!). When I pray, I cannot....
Leaning on the Lord: When a Child Does Not Wish to Work
I have never known an adult or a child who has always wanted to work. Have you? There is something in us that initially rebels against labour. This must go back to Eden. Whereas pre-fall Adam undoubtedly found his task of naming the animals delightful, post-fall Adam wrestled with thorns and thistles and ate bread only by the sweat of his brow....
An Update: Home Educating (Slightly) Older Children
We are officially thirteen (and a bit) years down the track and you could not pay me enough money to roll back the clock and set a different course. Today the line-up is as follows: boy (13), boy-girl twins (12), girl (10), girl (8.) girl twins (6). Home education is a way of life for us and I have no idea what similar age children are learning in government....