By Carolyn Martin (CHEC Director of Government Relations)

Educating Yourself

CHEC believes God has given parents the responsibility and authority to educate their children, but more than that, to disciple them in the Lord. Every year at the Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference, home discipleship is front and center, and this year was no different! The theme for this year’s conference was based on Paul’s admonition in Philippians 3:14 to “press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” Parenting our children is a high calling, and it will take great perseverance!

Maximize Your Impact

By guest author Kevin Swanson

You hear a lot of people complaining about politics these days. Well, maybe that’s the way it has always been. Complaining could be therapeutic, but it really doesn’t do much to change anything for the better. “Much better to light a candle than to curse the darkness,” as the old saying goes. 

Over the years I have attended a number of committee hearings relating to parental rights, homeschooling, right to life, and other matters… and here’s what I find. After hearing a hundred testimonies from the constituents, nobody is really convinced to change their vote. Almost always committee members vote on party lines. On rare occasions, a legislator might be convinced otherwise, but that’s usually because he was struck by lightning or got saved before the vote was taken. This is especially true when the legislature considers high-stakes moral issues.