When my children were young, I found myself in a homeschooling predicament. The problem was that we are Wesleyan-Arminian Christians, and most Christian homeschooling curriculum is not Wesleyan-Arminian. We haven't been very good in our tradition with publishing, and we're especially anemic when it comes to homeschooling resources. I tried a few Reformed resources, but …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Rhetoric Plans
The Rhetoric Stage is roughly high school. These students should be completely independent. Though, I do still include mine in Morning Basket, and choose at least one subject each year to do with them-- not because they cannot do it on their own, but just to connect. For Bible, all my kids who can read …
Godbold Academy: Medieval Logic Plans
The logic stage is about fifth to eighth grade. These students are largely independent, though I do try to pick a subject each year to do with them just to connect with them a little more. For Bible, all my kids who can read use the SOAP method of Bible study to do their own …
ESV Family Devotional Bible Review
The last few months, I have been using this Family Devotional Bible from Crossway. I wanted to use it for a little while before I gave my review of it. So, I've been pulling it out during family devotion time. I have the hardcover edition, but it is also available in blue or brown imitation …
The Search for Natural Carpet Cleaning
My OxiClean method of carpet cleaning is great for getting carpets clean. However, with a little one rolling around in the floor these days, I wanted something that was more natural. Cleaning with Young Living Thieves cleaner worked well, but that stuff is expensive and it isn't the easiest to get your hands on. I …
Advice to Large Family Parents
Being a large family can be very lonely. People stop inviting you over. You try to understand. You are an entire party in and of yourself now. It feels like you’re only invited to a party last minute when someone realizes they don’t have great guest numbers. Or maybe you have stopped accepting invitations. You …
Lent 2018
If you're looking for my annual Lent family devotions, they are in book form this year! I was coming up with a way to make the family devotional more user-friendly. Scrolling through an entire week of blog posts is a bit messy. It is free, but it is messy. Then, I had this idea to …
Merry Christmas!
Of course, I needed to add my obligatory Christmas photo. It almost didn't happen this year. I should probably switch this to a Christmas Eve thing. Christmas morning, I usually have them do it right after we read the Christmas story. But the toddler was being a maniac and the baby needed to eat. So, …
Choosing A Bible Translation
We have a huge blessing available to us in modern Bible translations. Not only do we have the Bible translated into our language, but we have multiple translations that are great for various walks of life and situations. We are abundantly blessed. So, don’t get yourself worked into a tizzy over which translation is the …
What Does A Pastor Do?
Last month was Pastor Appreciation Month. During that month, you’ll have a handful of people share on social media a little peek into the difficult life of being a pastor. But for the most part, most people sit around and wonder what a pastor actually does. You hear a statistic that pastor’s routinely work 60-70 …
Notes From the Parsonage 