By Shari McMinn Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into...
4 Ways to Pass on a Love for Freedom in Your Daily Family Life
By Julianna Duerksen For the past six months, my husband and I have been on a D-Day kick. We’ve watched documentaries, read first-hand accounts, and listened to countless podcasts interviewing the men who landed on the beaches. The men are as...
Resistant Learners: Help for the Journey Part 2
by guest author Patricia Dotten [Welcome to part two of this series on help for teaching resistant learners. If you missed last week’s post, you can find part 1 here.] 4. Remember, homeschooling is really just doing LIFE with our children Play...
Resistant Learners: Help for the Journey Part 1
By guest author Patricia Dotten Yesterday I got coffee with a friend, a homeschool mom of four children ages 7–17. As we sat and sipped our lattes, she started bemoaning the state of her homeschooling: “I haven’t done enough school this year. My...
Lazy Days of Summer Hot Dates
By Shari McMinn Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth.(Proverbs 5:18 ESV) Remaining happily married is a challenge for most couples. It is even more difficult when you are raising unique learners, but is crucial to...
Grace Sufficient?
By Ashley Vaughan Too much. Never enough. Unwanted. Failure. Too loud, too quiet, too much of a stickler for the rules. Labels. They cut, wound, and leave scars. Living in a fallen world, we can accumulate labels from others as we go through life....
Family Discipleship and the New Commandment
By guest author Steve Demme In a past newsletter (click here to read), I wrote about how being a father led me to Deuteronomy 6. When I began asking God to help me love Him, God revealed how much He loved me. The more I comprehended His love, the...
The Conference Changed My Family’s Life
By Julianna Duerksen Twenty-six years ago, my mom showed up with six-month-old me to attend her first-ever CHEC Homeschool Conference. The halls were bustling with enthusiasm, she remembers, as that first generation of homeschoolers planned and...











