When we’re around extended family and friends we don’t see often, one of their favorite questions to ask is how school is going. Our eight-year-old David reminds them, “I’m homeschooled” and usually the focus shifts away from him and onto me. Not everyone asks why we homeschool. Our family does enough weird things (like moving…
When the neighbors peered at the baby John and asked “What then will this child be?” they had no idea the path he would travel. But, Luke 1:66 tells us, “the hand of the Lord was with him.” The hand of the Lord is with your child, too. Our kids are different. We can either see…
I used to feel lots of pressure to be the perfect parent. But then God gave me a gift that shattered my dreams of perfection. Our younger son was diagnosed with autism when he was three years old. He wouldn’t potty train perfectly. He wouldn’t speak perfectly. He wouldn’t hold a pencil perfectly. He wouldn’t…
Hear this, you elders; give ear, all inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers? Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children to another generation. Joel 1:2-3 ESV Our son David loves to hear Bible stories….
We all have someone who is tough to shop for on our Christmas lists. At our house, James’s wish list takes me longer to get together than anyone else’s. So I thought I’d share what we came up with for this year and gifts he’s loved from years past. Maybe it will spark some ideas…
When I was growing up, my dad taught me a few lessons he said over and over again. The first was, “There’s more than one way to get anywhere.” Since I was good at pointing out to him, “This isn’t how you get there!” it was an important first lesson to learn. I’m still pretty good…