Daily Encouragement

for Homeschooling Mothers with Charlene Notgrass

Worth a Million Dollars

I once met a woman who worked as a social worker. She was also a strong believer in Jesus. She told me something she learned while in seminary. She said that Satan tries to break up families because family is the place where we get so much of what we need as human beings. Over the years I have ... View Post

Precious Memories

When we first moved to Illinois in 1985, we met Grace Doré, the oldest member of our church. She was in her 90s then, so she had been born in the latter part of the 19th century. In her youth, she had played the organ for silent movies. In the relatively brief years that people went to movie ... View Post

Teaching and Humility

Humility is another of the important traits we must encourage in our children. I learned lessons about that last night. Ray began a study of 1 Timothy in our Wednesday night class. We first meet Timothy in the 16th chapter of Acts. There we learn that his mother was a "Jewish woman who was a ... View Post

Olive Who Knows How to Match

Our friend Olive makes people feel precious. She makes me feel precious. She shares her heart with me and she listens to mine. I should slip her picture into my Bible at the opening: Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. Romans 12:15 Olive and I have done lots ... View Post

Time for Godly Examples

Every fall I walk by the tall asters planted by our driveway and remember the day Delia Leddy dug a wild clump of them from a field beside her house and gave them to me. Delia was the sweet mother of a dear friend. Though she has long been gone from the earth her faithfulness and servant heart is an ... View Post