Teach your kids with loving patience, and they will be patient with you. “Daddy.” I heard the voice, but I couldn’t see the kid that went with it. “Daddy!” The voice grew frantic. “Where are you, Story?” “Up here, Daddy!” My then-six-year-old son had scaled a tree but couldn’t determine the way back down. Back…
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The Lord calls home schoolers to serve Him without fear. Dads, you may remember Zacharias from the Bible. He was the father of John the Baptist and is best remembered for forgetting that all-important principle: Do not argue with an angel (an important safety tip for us dads). After his voice returned, Zacharias rejoiced and…
The investment of a dad’s life into his children is a great sacrifice, and it produces great joy. “Are you going to feed that bread to the ducks?” It was such a bizarre question that I just stared at the man. We were at the nearby Quick Mart. My kids had joined me on an…
To fully appreciate your wife’s home school efforts, take over for a few days. “Happy birthday, Honey, I’m going to the ER!” With those memorable words of affection, my wife greeted me on my forty-fifth birthday and flung me into my most interesting home school adventure yet. It was 1:15 a.m. on a Tuesday. Belinda…
All because two people fall in love, the world changes. Belinda and I had finally escaped on a Saturday date. It was really an “errand” date, but after fifteen years and five kids, she will settle for just about anything from me that may remotely resemble a date. The first stop on our romantic journey…
