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Traveling through airports can be a real adventure. Traveling internationally, even more exciting. Between the language barriers, security checkpoints and varying standards between countries, it is easy to get into a situation that has airport personnel asking questions. Recently, I was traveling throughout eastern Europe to speak at homeschool and family discipleship conferences and I…

When my oldest child was still very young, another mother counseled me on the importance of getting out of the house (with the children).  She advocated long walks but anything away from home should do it. With such busy lives, it is difficult to imagine that going out again would be a good idea.  Here’s…

2 Corinthians 4:1 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Each one of us has a ministry.  It may be family, neigbours, pastoring, homeschooling, care of someone else who needs help, teaching, administering, the list of possibilities goes on and on. If you’re like me, then there are…

Heading into homeschool conference season, heavy on our minds is what we want to teach our children in the coming year. There is so much material on the market.  Some of it good, some of it not so good.  It requires a great deal of research, prayer and discernment to select curriculum for our family. …

Do you ever feel like you’re talking to a brick wall?  Does it ever seem as though your children just keep on doing the same thing over and over again – no matter how many times you’ve thought it was dealt with? This past week, for me, seemed to be full of repetition…”Please don’t do…

“It’s like a road…I’m on one side and he’s on the other.  When he’s away the road has a big crack but when we’re together the crack is all filled up again.” This is how Abigail explained her sobbing after her big brother went back to university.  A whirlwind visit that just was not long…