Daily Encouragement

for Homeschooling Mothers with Charlene Notgrass

Good Gifts 2

This morning I was thinking about what I shared with you yesterday and realized that I left out some things I wanted to say. Let's talk more about giving good gifts. Yesterday I talked mainly about things that cost money. Parents give their children things that cost money every day, things like food ... View Post

Good Gifts 1

As I stood at the bathroom sink getting ready for the day, I was thinking about ways we can bless other people and ways that we can hurt them. Two of Jesus' teachings came to mind. I sat down at my computer to do a search for one of them and was surprised to find that one follows immediately after ... View Post

Home

According to Laura Ingalls Wilder, "Home is the nicest word there is." Pa, Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and Grace moved often and lived in several states, but Pa and Ma gave their girls that secure place called home. When the red-checked tablecloth was on the table, the china shepherdess was on the ... View Post

Dorris, the Puppeteer

I met Dorris when we moved to Urbana, Illinois, for Ray to preach. As a young mother in my early thirties, I didn't know her long before I realized, "That's what I want to be like when I am old." Dorris was childless and the widow of a minister, but she did not let widowhood and childlessness ... View Post

Lessons from a Pleasant Morning

One morning last week, I ate my breakfast on the porch. A gentle, soaking rain fell around me. Across the field fog rose from behind the trees that line the river. At this time of transition with fall only a few weeks away, the crepe myrtle and the mimosa tree still wore their pink blossoms, but a ... View Post