The daily routine: the well-thought-out family schedule and lesson plans with coordinating family menu that all good home schooling moms should create‒not only should but must create—in an attempt to avoid missing even the tiniest opportunity to teach, clean, cook, budget, exercise, organize, and make more plans, right? The daily striving to be “that wife,”…
Encouragement
Written by Amber Ferguson Once upon an ordinary homeschooling day, our home school accidentally became an American embassy. My family became ambassadors. Even more surprising, it was to Germany, a nation where homeschooling is basically considered a crime against the state; it is a serious offense. I removed my children from a wonderful, private Christian school…
Hospitality: the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strangers in a warm, friendly, generous way Throughout the years, we have often had people in our home, many whom we did not know. Some have come for a meal; some have stayed a night or two or longer; all have been blessings. That…
It’s upon us. The magazines are screaming. Roll up your sleeves and roll out the red carpet. It’s time to entertain! May I offer an alternative? Instead of entertaining, offer hospitality. The differences are not subtle. When we entertain, we are often ruled by our pride. When we offer hospitality, we are inspired by charity.…
Written by Maribeth Spangenberg “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” I Peter 4:10 No sooner had the alarm sounded than my husband rolled over and turned it off. I had set it a little earlier than usual…
