Well, here we are, on the brink of a new homeschool year. Wrapping up another summer and moving into fall. I wanted to share a few things with you today that will *hopefully* serve as tangible sources of encouragement for you - and to make an impact on the way this school year plays out for your family. Let's jump right in! First, here is a fun quiz to find out what's missing in your homeschool. Check that out HERE . Next, I recently had the pleasure of meeting an author who write Christian fiction for middle schoolers, and after hearing her heart for children ages 9 to 12, well, I had to share about her books here on the homeschool blog. Her name is Jill Osborne, and if you have a middle schooler and would like to offer them some books that could benefit them as they lay a foundation of who they are in Christ and help them discover what God may be leading them toward in their future, her fiction series are worth looking into. Check that out at her website here . You can or
For so many of us, prayer is a challenge. Maybe because it can be hard to find the time for an extended prayer session. Or there is a lack of guidance to help us as we pray. Sometimes the prayer meeting can feel more like a gossip meeting, and that has never helped anyone to grow a healthy prayer life. We may not even know what, exactly, we can and should pray for and about. I don't want to make this one bit more complicated, confusing or challenging. What I do want, however, is to see more people pray more prayers and receive more answers. This blog post won't be written perfectly, and there is no well-mapped out flow for what I share here. There is just my heart for God's people and my belief that He is still in the prayer-answering business. So here I am, in all my imperfection, to offer you this brief and somewhat untidy word about prayer. Thought #1 - God's promises are long lasting. They are imperishable. And they have a very long shelf life... as in, an e