Life After Homeschooling: What Lasts When the Lessons Are Over

Now that I’m on the other side of homeschooling, people keep asking me a question I’m still learning how to answer: How did you do it? It’s a generous question, and one I understand deeply. When you’re in the middle of raising and educating children, you want something you can point to—something concrete, something transferable. A curriculum,…

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Educating for the Long View: Raising Adults, Not Just Students

Raising adults not just students

Most parents I know are not looking for perfect systems or flawless outcomes. They are trying to be faithful in the middle of real life. And somewhere along the way, many of us begin to realize that education—however it is structured—is not just about getting children through school. It is about raising adults. That shift…

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A New Year, Rooted in the Word

“Blessed is the one who delights in the law of the Lord, and meditates on it day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water.” — Psalm 1:2–3 My mom was a reader. She loved the smell of a library book, the feel of a well-worn paperback, and the joy of…

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What I Learned About Holiness This Advent

“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” — John 1:5 Every Advent, I learn something new about waiting. Not the kind of waiting that feels empty, but the kind that wakes you up inside — that asks you to notice, to listen, and to make space for something sacred. This…

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The Holy Birth: God’s Final Word Is Love

Four candles flicker in the dark — Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love. All Advent long, we’ve been lighting one flame at a time, watching the glow spread, watching the story unfold. And now, on Christmas Eve, the waiting stills. The last candle’s flame steadies into a quiet brilliance. Everything we’ve hoped for is finally here — not as thunder…

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