Got questions about parenting or being a wife or homeschooling or living life? You're not alone. Our son John recently collected questions mamas have about homeschooling. The list is long. The questions are important and most are universal. I'll list a few: How do I get my children to ... View Post
Presence II
I love the songs we sang in church when I was a girl. We still sing many of them. While I was writing about the blessing of God's presence with us and the blessing of being present for other people, one of those songs came to mind. Jessie Brown Pounds was the author. Jessie was born in 1861 in a ... View Post
Mondays in Jenny’s Homeschool
Ray and I spent an encouraging weekend at the Cincinnati Great Homeschool Convention this past weekend. I appreciate you readers who came by. Your kindness blessed me. As always I love hearing about the experiences of families who use Notgrass History. One mama told me a story about how she uses our ... View Post
Reaching Out to Refugees
Ray and I meet many heroes and heroines at homeschool conventions. One of the heroines I met at the St. Louis convention last weekend encouraged me with stories of her family's full-time ministry to Burmese refugees living in Kansas City. Johanna spoke with love and compassion about these precious ... View Post
Of Music, Storytelling, and Unity
Ray and I got up well before the crack of dawn yesterday morning to attend a most unusual event, held so early that we easily made it back to church by 9:00 a.m. We arrived in Cookeville, Tennessee, about 6:00 a.m., an hour before a 7:00 a.m. event at the Cookeville Performing Arts Center. We had ... View Post
The “Polks” have a surprising afternoon.
Yesterday morning I asked the teacher of our ladies Bible class if I could have a few minutes to tell about Ray's and my experience at the state capitol on Tuesday. I know from past classes that many of these ladies get discouraged by what they hear on television news. I wanted them to know that ... View Post
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