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If I Could Only Get Them to Think

Not long ago, we completed a study of Charles Dickens. As a teen, I was not a fan of Dickens; I found his work far too long and even more boring than it was lengthy. Consequently, I wanted to introduce him to the kids differently than I met him while in high school. We took the time to learn Dickens’ writing style courtesy...

A Harvest of Fruit

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3 If you live by my decrees and obediently keep my commandments,… 9 I’ll give you my full attention: I’ll make sure you prosper, make sure you grow in numbers, and keep my covenant with you in good working order. 10 You’ll still be eating from last year’s harvest when you have to clean out the barns...

Feeling What You Read

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‘…thoughts–just mere thoughts–are as powerful as electric batteries–as good for one as sunlight is, or as bad for one as poison. To let a sad thought or a bad one get into your mind is as dangerous as letting a scarlet fever germ get into your body. If you let it stay there after it has got in you may never...

Must Haves for High School

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I love to shop in August. As a parent who educates at home, I am tickled, for lack of a better word, by the amount of marketing of everything as a “back to school” necessity. Towels, computers, small appliances, health and beauty items–a student’s trip back to school has to be the most marketed...

Starting a Home-Based Business: Part 3

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If you have faithfully applied the wisdom of this series, by now you have prayed diligently about how the Lord might use your gifts and talents to generate income. If that passion is continuing to burn inside you or wake you at night, you might have also taken a serious first pass at a business plan. Developing a business plan...

Starting a Business: Part Two

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In our last segment, we talked about prayer and planning. I hope that you have continued to seek the Lord in the past few weeks. The Lord rewards those who diligently seek Him. Hebrews 11:6 If the Lord is saying yes, or if He is silent, waiting for you to move, there is another question that you might want to think about...

Starting a Business: Part One

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Laurie Berkner loved to sing and play guitar. She struggled writing music for her professional rock band, but children’s music came to her like, well, child’s play. It gave her a creative freedom she hadn’t known in catering to adult fans. When her friends began requesting her version of “We Are the Dinosaurs” and...

Getting Over Winter Blahs

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Unless you pride yourself on being completely off the grid of mass communications, you probably know that the NFL’s champion of champions matchup, the Superbowl, occurred in Dallas, TX. You might also know that during the week in which the game took place, Dallas had the worst winter storm in 15 years. The ice from...

God’s Simple Math

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There are moments on your homeschooling journey where a bird’s eye “state of the union” view can be helpful, and even revelatory. I had one of these moments recently. What I figured out, in simply stepping back from it all, is the power of a word spoken in the right season. For the past couple of...

On a Mission

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Merriam-Webster defines “Mission” as: A specific task with which a person or a group is charged A pre-established and often self-imposed objective or purpose <statement of the company’s mission Calling, vocation Does your school have a mission statement? Have you ever written down what you school...