Called To Mothering

Equipping Moms To Fulfill The Great Commission At Home

Dear Mom Burdened With Endless Needs

As I folded the weekly mountain of laundry the other day, my son sat on a chair next to the bed and read his Bible chapter out loud.Among socks, shirts, and underwear, I was transported to the story in Numbers 11 where the Israelites are complaining about only ever getting manna to eat in the wilderness.And Moses had had it up to here with their ... Read More...

The One Thing You Must Do to be a Great Homemaker

My family and I recently experienced an unexpected move. Things were just settling down after another unexpected event, the passing of my father. We had fixed up the school room with a new coat of paint and gotten everything organized. Then, we learned that the owner of the house we've been renting for the past two years wanted to sell it, so we ... Read More...

Why You Should Homeschool When It’s Hard

I almost had a meltdown over a bottle of apple juice.Lunch was very late that afternoon, and I had already been feeling behind from the minute I woke up. The clock I was trying to beat all day declared its victory over me as I struggled to transition my kids out of "school and play mode" to sit down at the table for a hodgepodge meal I wasn't ... Read More...

5 Ways To Protect Your Child Online

I remember when I was 9 and my parents got cable installed in our house. The large gray box that sat on top of the tv brought a lot of things into our home we didn't previously have access to. Videos featuring scantly clad women and rappers singing about "big butts" were suddenly only a few channels away. Now the MTV generation is raising the ... Read More...

8 Criteria For Evaluating Our Kids’ Media

My eight-year-old recently met his first Summer Reading Club goal and was eager to pick up his prize- a book of his own. An avid reader who reads at an 8th grade level already, he quickly skimmed past the picture books and chapter books with less than 50 pages to the tween selections. When he stopped at one with a creepy looking cover, I told him ... Read More...