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January 8, 2008
The heart of the matter made its online debut today. It is a new monthly magazine written by Christian homeschool moms... Read the full article at: About.com

January 9, 2008
There’s a new blog in the blogosphere! So what? There’s new blogs every day I hear one say. True but this one is a little different... Read the full article at: Kerugma

January 10, 2008
My most recent discovery of internet homeschooling treasure that I found is... Read the full article at: Faith Lifts

January 13, 2008
There’s a brand new online magazine for all you homeschoolers... Read the full article at: 5 Minutes for Mom

January 17, 2008
Top 50 Homeschooling Blogs

Blog Roll

Dana

Dana Hanley entered college assuming she would likely get married eventually and certain she would have no more than one child. Children, she reasoned, were not to get in the way of her goals which at the time generally centered on fields related to journalism or political science. With the birth of her first child, however, all that changed. Dana discovered something larger than her own goals and yearned for the ability to stay home with her. That wasn't to be, however. After completing her degrees in education and liberal arts, Dana joined Teach For America, an organization which places college graduates in high need areas to teach for at least two years. That brought her family to deep south Texas. An offer to work as house parents in a Christian group home brought them back north, to eastern Nebraska. And her husband's commitment to building a more godly family eventually led him to seeking a job that could support his family and finally brought her home where he hoped she would educate their growing family.

Grateful to finally be able to be home with Dakota and her young son, Steffen, she was not so sure about the homeschooling part. Her first reaction was steeped in her own stereotypes.

Homeschooling? You are nuts. Homeschooling is for over-controlling parents attempting to live their lives through their children. It is for people who place greater importance on spelling bees and academic success than the needs of their children as they force-feed them knowledge at the expense of childhood.

But just as she had needed to hold her first child to realize there was more in life than her own pursuits, she needed to "hold" homeschooling for a spell to realize what it really was about. Now the same curiosity about the world which made declaring a major difficult is satiated as Dana explores the world together with her four children.

Dana is now a homeschooling mother of four, a long ways from where she thought she would ever be but exactly where she belongs. Dana blogs over at Principled Discovery.

Name Dropping

Want a hint as to what we've been up to here at The Heart of the Matter? Check out my profile and see some of the big names who will be involved.

Stay tuned....

Past Issues

Issue 1: January 2008

Issue 2: February 2008
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Issue 3: March 2008
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Issue 4: April 2008
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