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Strengthening Your Marriage While Homeschooling: Four-Part Series

Strengthening Your Marriage While Homeschooling: Four-Part Series

Nov 12 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Marriage

As homeschool moms, it can be tough to balance our marriages with the ever-increasing pressures of homeschooling and...

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Choose Homeschooling: It’s Worth the Sacrifice!

Choose Homeschooling: It’s Worth the Sacrifice!

Oct 8 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Shari McMinn Looking back on my life now that all my homeschooled children have graduated and left home to pursue...

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Feeling Overwhelmed? Five Places to Find Homeschool Encouragement & Support

Feeling Overwhelmed? Five Places to Find Homeschool Encouragement & Support

Oct 1 | Co-ops & Community, How to Homeschool

by Renée Gotcher Finding support and encouragement for your homeschooling journey is vital. No matter how prepared or...

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When Back to School Isn’t Picture Perfect

When Back to School Isn’t Picture Perfect

Sep 10 | Blog, Homeschool Vision

by Renée Gotcher What do you remember most about the back-to-school season of your youth? The smells of freshly...

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What Does God Say About Mom Guilt?

What Does God Say About Mom Guilt?

Oct 9 | Blog, Family Discipleship

by Yvonne Strachan Hey, fellow moms! Do you often find yourself grappling with feelings of guilt? You are not alone!...

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Completely His, Part 1

Completely His, Part 1

Sep 4 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

by Patricia Dotten For the eyes of the LORD roam throughout the earth, so that He may strongly support those whose...

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Summer School: Continue Your Own Education

Summer School: Continue Your Own Education

Jun 23 | Blog, Homeschool Vision, Unique Learners

by Shari McMinn He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A...

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How to Make Homeschool Friends in Colorado

How to Make Homeschool Friends in Colorado

Jun 5 | Blog, Co-ops & Community, How to Homeschool

Discover how to make homeschool friends.

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Doubt Yourself? Trust Christ

Doubt Yourself? Trust Christ

May 22 | Blog, Homeschool Vision, Special Needs Labels, Struggling Learners, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not...

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Is Homeschooling Worth It?

Is Homeschooling Worth It?

May 8 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By Brenda Kelly It’s Mother’s Day week! The day of so many mixed emotions. It’s a day to be honored and made to feel...

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Long-Term Caring for Your Special Needs Child

Long-Term Caring for Your Special Needs Child

Mar 27 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Single-Parent Homeschooling, Special Needs Labels, Unique Learners

By Shari McMinn  And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these...

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Not So Complicated After All

Not So Complicated After All

Feb 14 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision, How to Homeschool, Start Homeschooling

By guest author Megan Burgos When God was first calling me to homeschool, I questioned my abilities. “Where am I going...

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Captured by the Cowpoke

Captured by the Cowpoke

Nov 8 | Blog, Discipling Young Children, Family Discipleship

By guest author Brandee Gillham As my cowboy and I are working on transitioning our life to having four boys in our...

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Vicarious Living

Vicarious Living

Sep 13 | Blog, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By guest author Cindy Puhek What picture comes to mind when I say “stage mother?” Most of us think of a parent of a...

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It’s Worth the Sacrifice to Stay Home

It’s Worth the Sacrifice to Stay Home

May 17 | Blog, Homeschool Vision, How to Homeschool, Start Homeschooling

By Julianna Duerksen One of the biggest obstacles to homeschooling is the predicament of finances. How in the world...

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Homeschooling Starts at Birth

Homeschooling Starts at Birth

May 3 | Blog, Discipling Young Children, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Preschool, Homeschool Vision, Start Homeschooling

By Julianna Duerksen So many times, I’ve heard moms of littles share how overwhelming the thought of homeschooling is:...

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Grace Made Perfect in Weakness

Grace Made Perfect in Weakness

Mar 8 | Blog, Discipling Young Children, Family Discipleship, Homeschool Vision

By Ashley Vaughan Failure. That’s a word that can make even the coolest cucumber break out in a cool sweat, or set the...

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Homeschooling is a Lifestyle, Not a Classroom

Homeschooling is a Lifestyle, Not a Classroom

Feb 1 | Blog, Homeschool Methods, How to Homeschool

by guest author Patricia Dotten I remember as a young mom being so excited to start homeschooling! I envisioned a...

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Getting a Handle on Housework Pt. 2

Getting a Handle on Housework Pt. 2

Dec 21 | Blog, How to Homeschool

Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of Marcia Washburn’s article, “Getting a Handle on Housework.” For Part 1, click here....

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Getting a Handle on Housework

Getting a Handle on Housework

Dec 14 | Blog, How to Homeschool

Guest author Marcia Washburn I just knew that this would be the year I would get it all together. This year I would...

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