The Face of God
When we are born do we leave our place with God? Do we spend the rest of our lives seeking his face, seeking a place back within him? For you created my inmost being; you knit me together […]
Natural Man and Spiritual Man
I have been pondering the duality of humanity lately. It seems as if is a function of the human condition to be angry and frustrated even though we may think of ourselves as calm and rational. I was out with […]
Why I Homeschool….Read this first!
Fourteen years ago I began my journey of homeschooling. It was not something I planned or that I was looking forward to, in fact I had been somewhat anticipating the “break” from my dominant son to spend time with my […]
Walking With God
They called him every name in the book and he said nothing back. He suffered in silence, content to let God set things right. He used his servant body to carry our sins to the Cross so we could be […]
Checking In and Checking Up
“Checking in” and “checking up” are NOT the same thing! When we were older teens and young adults we got in the habit of checking in with Mum at night before she went to bed. We knew she did […]
Laughter works too!
When your teenager becomes a stranger, sometimes humour is the only answer! I had a hard time trying to figure out how to relate to my son when he first turned the corner to full blown adolescence. I did […]
Gloves Mandatory
God can give us the strength to face the challenges of living without the necessity of “Gloves”. Too much protection can hinder our effectiveness as we interact with others. “I am the vine; you are the branches. If you […]
Yokes and Slavery
Yokes and Slavery are not just words of a bygone era but a part of all our lives today. Though some yokes are non negotiable many are self inflicted, and if we can not shrug off our yokes we can […]
My Diary
The best way to understand your teenager is to remember what it was like to BE a teenager! Most of us remember adolescence as a kind of double negative: no longer allowed to be children, we are not […]
Lock up- or the beginning of adolescence!
Like the “Lock up” stage of building, when the builder allows the homeowners take over the interior design of a home, we as parents must allow our teenagers take over (to some degree) the final stage of their own development. […]