tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post5279512144558310808..comments2024-02-29T07:10:59.852+00:00Comments on delivering grace: Why we home educateDeliveringGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08320150355352857841noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-69977068840411942072020-07-29T20:33:31.554+01:002020-07-29T20:33:31.554+01:00Greetings from across the pond. I was looking for ...Greetings from across the pond. I was looking for children's chapter books set in Europe and stumbled onto your site! Great info her and fun to read someone who has a similar educational philosophy. Colene Lewis from www.cultivatedlives.org Colenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08800042584221252428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-39666605747359469582015-03-22T21:07:50.487+00:002015-03-22T21:07:50.487+00:00Thank you so much - I will look up the book that y...Thank you so much - I will look up the book that you mentioned. We have had a period of home education in the past (although for very different reasons) and it was a struggle financially. Thank you for your prayers - grace, peace and love to you and your family :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-79401644190266649932015-03-21T23:20:41.376+00:002015-03-21T23:20:41.376+00:00Anonymous-home education is such a big decision an...Anonymous-home education is such a big decision and I well remember feeling increasingly unhappy about school. I will pray that you will have clear guidance about the right thing to do and also around the area of finance. I know that there are single mothers who home educate but that finance is often a major challenge. Last year, I read the book "Flourish" by a Christian single mother who home educates her four boys. I don't think that I could spin as many plates as she does but the book has some helpful ideas particularly around managing time.DeliveringGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320150355352857841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-11775456458825532892015-03-21T23:02:59.715+00:002015-03-21T23:02:59.715+00:00I am seriously considering home schooling my daugh...I am seriously considering home schooling my daughter as I am becoming unhappier by the day at the 'wordly' influences that she faces at school - the horrible unkindness and attitude that children should simply toughen up and accept it and the influences of television and music on vocabulary and behaviour. My daughter is currently in Year 4 and I know for certain that I do not want her to attend any of our local secondary schools. I am a single mum who works full-time (at the same school my daughter currently attends) so I am praying for God to guide my path and provide the necessary finances if/when it is his will for us to home school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-46686425879306642672014-01-23T17:17:20.290+00:002014-01-23T17:17:20.290+00:00Kondwani, thank you. We need His grace so much.Kondwani, thank you. We need His grace so much.DeliveringGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320150355352857841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-67284614814610901682014-01-23T16:12:08.508+00:002014-01-23T16:12:08.508+00:00I think you have made the right decision, and I p...I think you have made the right decision, and I pray that God gives you the strength, wisdom and grace that you need, day by day.Kondwanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02290415492637315025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-13045509535447021012012-10-30T19:20:28.419+00:002012-10-30T19:20:28.419+00:00Angelicscalliwags-thank you. That is very helpful....Angelicscalliwags-thank you. That is very helpful. It is certainly easier starting with children who haven't been to school. For the younger ones, I didn't have to do any guessing about where they were at or making decisions about whether to use curriculum that had been used in school for continuity. DeliveringGracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08320150355352857841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-8852481551496749892012-10-29T22:44:35.673+00:002012-10-29T22:44:35.673+00:00Just to encourage you, we have found it gets easie...Just to encourage you, we have found it gets easier and easier every year, that confidence grows steadily (your own and other people's in you) and answering God's call will ALWAYS bear fruit. Have a great week this week!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-74382374649231217342010-10-05T13:47:25.304+01:002010-10-05T13:47:25.304+01:00Thanks for your encouraging post Sarah.Thanks for your encouraging post Sarah.Naomi Millarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-75679036463969000982010-10-05T11:54:08.187+01:002010-10-05T11:54:08.187+01:00Thank you so much for sharing this, Sarah! It ref...Thank you so much for sharing this, Sarah! It reflects very well our own issues with state-schooling. <br />I know several Christians that are sceptical of homeschooling because they feel that the Christian presence in schools is paramount. Whilst I agree that Christians should be trying to influence, it is increasingly difficult to do so. Chris and I do not have personalities strong enough to influence other adults, in the academic setting, and we feel that damage control after school may be more challenging than actually educating them at home. This is one of the reasons why we've decided to homeschool, too, Lord-willing. <br />Another reason why we want to is the influence of the worldly children in the schools at the impressionable ages. The children in the school behind us (ages 5-11) regularly beat one-another up, use profanity in everyday speaking, and have interests that are seemingly cemented in pop-culture and entertainment. Marriage is relatively unheard-of and probably discouraged for the sake of education. Two unbelieving friends have considered home-educating from before we did.<br /><br />We, too, do not make this decision based on what we think will convert our children. We do want to obey God in the way we raise them and, with His help and mercy, give them good grounding and challenge in spiritual things, which is of utmost importance.<br /><br />May He bless and keep your children and bring those that do not yet know Him into His Kingdom. May they all be protected from our Enemy's attacks on their souls and characters. May they grow to be Mnasons, living a life that is characterised by laying-hold of Christ from their youth.<br /><br />So, hey, I agree wtih Jonathan Hunt and perhaps you could say that our family is an answer to his prayer. I thank the Lord for His work in you and your example, Sarah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272887249587912361.post-41932808788045754792010-10-04T21:15:07.025+01:002010-10-04T21:15:07.025+01:00God bless you for your faithfulness and I pray tha...God bless you for your faithfulness and I pray that others will follow your example.Jonathan Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12341478626195362383noreply@blogger.com