Family Worship
by Steve Demme
During the past year, many families have had the opportunity to spend more time together. Perhaps your family has always wanted to read God’s Word together. The inspired Scriptures were written to be read.
Moses, inspired by the Spirit of God and speaking of God’s commandments and statutes, instructed parents: “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” (Deuteronomy 6:7)
When our children were young, my wife and I read the Bible to them. As they learned to read themselves, we took turns reading aloud, one chapter per day. At first, we sought to gather a few times per week to study together. Eventually, our special times seeking to learn more about Jesus became a habit, and we met almost every day.
Jesus promised that “where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I among them.” (Matthew 18:20) After many years of continuing to meet, I can testify that God always came close to us as we came close to Him.
Here are a few tips we learned that I hope will help your family times be successful.
- Pray together and use your combined wisdom to determine the best time to meet and the best place to sit. God designed parents to be a team. If you have older children, include them in making a plan. Some families read at the dinner table. Others convene in the evening in the living room. A few sit on the trampoline while Dad reads. Siblings of a child who was confined to her bed suggested they all gather in her bedroom so the family could be together.
- Keep it simple. As the husband, I took the lead in gathering the troops. Then we opened with prayer. Our goal was to read a chapter of Scripture daily. If the chapters are long, consider reading half of a chapter at a time. “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching.” (2 Timothy 3:16)
- Ask each person who is able, to read. When we first began our family worship times, our children were young, and Sandi and I took turns reading aloud. When they learned to read, we purchased several Bibles of the same version. Then each person, who was able, read three verses as we went around the room. We discovered that reading aloud added an extra dimension to simply reading. As John says, “Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear.” (Revelation 1:3) If you have toddlers, consider having them sit with Dad and Mom playing or drawing quietly. Even though they may not understand the content intellectually, they sense the impact of the eternal Word in their spirit.
- Interact with shared verses. Time is always a factor, and some days were busier than others. If we had time after the reading, we took turns discussing what we had read by giving each person the opportunity to share one insight they had gleaned. One family had the children draw a picture representing the theme of the chapter. At the end of the reading, they could share their artwork. Another family had dramatic children, and they would produce a skit depicting the content of the verses covered that day while Mom and Dad applauded vigorously. Feel free to experiment and find your own flavor.
- Sing a hymn if time permits. Scripture and singing go hand in hand. “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” (Colossians 3:16)
- Close in prayer. Gathering together, with Jesus in our midst, was such a blessed experience. The atmosphere in our home was tangibly improved after these special times. On average, reading a chapter took about ten minutes. If we included a hymn and testimonies, perhaps it took about twenty minutes. Investing this short amount of time produced wonderful dividends.
The inspired Word of God should be read by people of all ages. I am continually amazed at how the Spirit of God can apply the same verses to speak new truths to each person regardless of where we each are in our journey with Him. John says towards the end of his gospel: “Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.” (John 20:30-31)
Family Worship Resources
I wrote a book called Family Worship. It is available as a paperback, a free PDF, and also an audiobook. If you would like to incorporate singing we have Hymns for Family Worship that has the hymn with the lyrics on one side of the page and the history on the opposite page.
Both of these resources were designed for families, and I hope they will enrich your family assemblies. You can learn more here: http://www.buildingfaithfamilies.org/familyworship.
Nowhere does the Bible say how often to read or how much to read, but we are encouraged to teach God’s Word to our children. Since parents were designed for this role, God will bless any and all of your efforts to make this a part of your home.
Steve and Sandra Demme have been married since 1979. They have been blessed with four sons, three lovely daughters-in-law, and two special grandchildren. Their fourth son has Down syndrome and lives with them in Lititz, PA. Steve has served in full or part-time pastoral ministry for many years after graduating from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the creator of Math-U-See and the founder of Building Faith Families, www.buildingfaithfamilies.org.
Come hear Steve speak at our 2021 Thrive! Homeschool Conference, May 27-29!
What Math Teaches Us about God!
by Andrea Hall, April 2021
This past year I spent some time focusing on teaching math from the Bible and in many other practical ways. Throughout this process, I have fallen more in love with God and with mathematics. I now look for the spiritual lesson in every math lesson that I teach. So, what does math teach us about God? It teaches us that God is infinite, that God is a God of order, and that Jesus is the answer.
God Is Infinite
First, math teaches us that God is infinite. There is no beginning, and there is no end. We see this in the number infinity, shown here:
In mathematics, when we are writing the domain of a linear function, we say that it is all real numbers (or -infinity, + infinity). If numbers can have no beginning and no end, and we accept that, then why do we doubt an infinite God! Psalm 90:2 says: “Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.” I am reminded through math that I serve an infinite God.
God Is a God of Order
In mathematics, we learn about the order of operations, affectionately called PEMDAS or “Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally.” The order of operations states the order in which we must multiply, divide, add or subtract numbers. The P indicates that any operations that are within the parentheses must be done first. The E indicates that exponents must be evaluated second. The M and D indicate that you must multiply or divide from left to right (those can be interchanged). The A and S indicate that you must add or subtract from left to right (those may be interchanged). You cannot add or subtract before you multiply or divide. The order of these operations cannot be interchanged.
Through I Corinthians 14:40 and the order of operations, I am reminded that I serve a God who wants things to be done “decently and in order.”
Jesus Is the Answer
In math, there is only one correct answer. There can only be one! You may write it differently but there is still one answer. You may go about solving your problem differently than the person next to you, but there is still only one correct answer.
For example: Solve 3x + 2 = 6 for x.
Option 1:
To solve this problem you can subtract 2 from both sides then divide both sides by 3 as illustrated here:
Option 2:
On the other hand, you could divide both sides by 3 first and then subtract 2/3 from both sides then as illustrated here:
Notice that in option 2 the fractions are introduced earlier, which might be more difficult for some students. Option 1 might be more direct.
In our Christian walk, some of us might take a more direct route while others of us might be like the children of Israel, wandering in the desert for forty years. The route we choose will depend on how much we are submitted to the Holy Spirit. God gives us a choice, just like you have a choice on which method(s) to use when solving the math problem. There is one thing that is constant though. There is only one answer.
In both options, the answer was still x = 4/3.
John 14:6 says: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.” So while we might use a different method to get to the answer, math reminds me that there is only one answer, and that is God, through Christ Jesus our Lord.
May you continue to be blessed as you see God in every aspect of your life.
Andrea Hall, M.Ed., is a certified educator, executive director and mom of three with over seventeen years of homeschooling experience. As an educator, she designs online courses and teaches through The Study Hall Education Consulting Company, LLC. She was motivated to start the In Real Life Math Community, www.irlmath.org, by her love of math. She is also the founder and executive director of EPIC Homeschool Network, Inc., a nonprofit homeschool organization that seeks to enrich, enhance and empower home education in the community (www.epichsn.org). When she is not working, she likes to blog at www.nomommyleftbehind.com where she shares her journey as a busy, working, homeschooling mom. Andrea will be a speaker at the 2021 Thrive! Conference.
The Joy of Learning How Your Kids Learn
by Jessica Frierson, April 2021
Don’t you hate that look? You know the one, when you’ve just explained for the hundredth time, in the last way you can think to do it, how to work the math problem . . . and realize your child is looking at you as if you were speaking in Swahili?
Unless you happen to be on the African plains, this look means your child has no comprehension of what you just poured your teacher-mommy heart out to tell them. Now you have two people feeling bad about themselves and probably not that great about the other person. You begin to fear that all the worries that you weren’t good enough to homeschool are being confirmed. Your child is starting to drown in discouragement. Where do you go from here?
I learned long ago that the best move is to try a new move. A different approach to how to continue the lesson may provide the key to unlocking the door to understanding. Let me take you back with me to a memory that started out with this look, but ended up with the wonderful, beautiful, soul-satisfying look of joy.
We were on DAY 20 something (or was it 120 something?) of learning the times tables. We had started with the ones. We were still on the ones. I was beginning to think we would be practicing the ones as we drove to get his driver’s license in ten years. We had finished up a rousing science experiment, breezed through reading, and enjoyed a history video. There was no avoiding the next subject any longer. It was time for math and we had been parked on multiplication for a Very. Long. Time. I said a quick prayer and started with one last muster of hope.
“One times one is…”
“Two.”
“No, it’s one; it means you have one, one time.”
“Okay, one times one is one.”
“One times two is…”
“Three.”
“Oh dear. Let’s look at this again.”
And I proceeded to go over it again, only to get THAT LOOK. My heart broke for my son, knowing how discouraging this was to him. If only we could get this down so he could get back to his happy, running, climbing, jumping, leaping, skipping self.
Suddenly I had an idea. “Let’s go outside,” I suggested. We went out to the patio where I had him stand facing me. “We’re going to do jumping jacks,” I told him. “As you jump, we’ll say our times tables.” And so we started, with him echoing me as he jumped in rhythm to our chants. We worked our way through the fives, going through each a few times as I gradually stopped giving him the answers. By the time I was ready to drop from exhaustion, my son’s face was beaming as he reveled in the sense of accomplishment he had achieved. Now THAT is a look I treasure!
What I had hit on that day was the power of finding my son’s “learning language”, as I called it, or learning style as it is often referred to. The key to unlocking that door to comprehension in his brain was moving and verbal rhythm. Within a week he had progressed through the twelves tables! As I applied this valuable tool in the years that followed, he mastered his spelling words by writing them outside with sidewalk chalk; the larger movements he could make with his arm as he wrote turned that learning key in his brain.
I utilized the same insight with my other children as the years passed. My touchy-feely son quickly learned to read when I gave him a pan of cornmeal to trace the letters in. We memorized long Bible passages such as the fifth chapter of Matthew by saying it in a singsong manner. The active ones tapped their feet in accompaniment, while the more visual learners among them wrote out it verse by verse over and over.
What I had discovered, and later researched more thoroughly, is that the ways our individual brains think, read, learn, remember, reason, solve problems, and even pay attention varies greatly from person to person. What helps one person process new information, store it in the appropriate area of their brain, and recall it as needed later may hinder the process in another person.
The VARK model demonstrates this. Visual learners thrive with pictures, images, and spatial organization of elements. Those who learn well with the aid of rhythm, rhyme, music or other sounds are auditory learners. Reading/writing learners excel with the traditional mode of education by reading and/or writing the material. And kinesthetic learners, like my son, need movement and touch.
Understanding the way your child learns best and finding ways to work his or her lessons in through those channels can turn that horrible look of confusion and despair into the wonderful countenance of a child whose joy of learning has been sparked with hope and confidence. Although you can learn a lot about your child just from observing them through their daily life and their approach to learning, a cognitive skills test can be a handy tool to get a fuller picture of their strengths and weaknesses. It can be a valuable investment to help set the stage for an effective learning atmosphere in your home classroom.
As part of a grant from the Gibson Institute of Cognitive Research, LearningRx Raleigh and Cary has been awarded the opportunity to provide FREE cognitive skills assessments to a limited number of schools and co-ops in the area and has selected NCHE Homeschoolers to be one of the beneficiaries! The Gibson Test is conveniently taken at home, using a laptop or tablet; it only takes about 45 minutes to complete and it has a retail value of $97 each.
Learn more about this assessment and register here.
I look forward to discovering more about my children’s cognitive development and gaining some new ideas on how to coordinate my teaching methods to suit each one best.
Jessica Frierson is a homeschool graduate and has been homeschooling her ten children since 2000. She serves as the secretary for NCHE, writes for GREENHOUSE, and is the lead blogger for the NCHE blog.
What Is a Nationally Standardized Test?
The state of North Carolina requires homeschool parents to give their children a nationally standardized achievement test each year. In this video clip, you will hear Debbie Mason read the NC law that requires us to give such a test and explain what a nationally standardized test is. This clip is part of a webinar on Required Annual Homeschool Testing we gave earlier this month (March 2021). In this webinar, Debbie and Amanda explain the rest of the law and talk about commonly used tests, where to get tests, and how to pick the right test. They also discuss how to test special needs students and give some helpful advice on how to give the test. You can watch the rest of the webinar for free by registering here.
Legislative Update—NC Homeschool Tax Credit Bill
Update, March 24
There has been no movement on this bill since March 16.
Original article:
On March 15, 2021, Senators Chuck Edwards, Ralph Hise, and Vickie Sawyer filed Senate Bill 297, entitled “An Act to Create a Tax Credit for Home School Children.” This is a non-refundable $1,000 tax credit for each child who has only been homeschooled (not schooled in any other way) during the 2021 tax year. Here is a link to that bill.
As of today, March 16, it has passed the first reading and has been referred to the Committee on Rules and Operations of the Senate.
NCHE’s Position on This Bill:
“North Carolinians for Home Education (NCHE) supports this effort that allows homeschool parents in our state to keep more of their own money, as is the case with all tax credits. Our support for Senate Bill 297 is contingent on the premise that there are no additional conditions or requirements imposed on homeschool families.”
Below is the press release by NC Senator Chuck Edwards on the homeschool tax credit bill, followed by NCHE’s response to the press release.
Press Release by Senator Edwards
Senator Edwards Announces Homeschool Tax Credit Bill
RALEIGH, N.C. –Senator Chuck Edwards (R-Henderson) filed Senate Bill 297, “Homeschool Tax Credit,” with Senator Ralph Hise (R-Mitchell) and Senator Vickie Sawyer (R-Iredell). If signed into law, the bill would provide families a tax credit of $1,000 for every homeschooled student that meets all state home school requirements.
“Families of homeschooled students have been left out of the conversation of education funding for far too long,” Sen. Chuck Edwards said. “It’s one more option for parents who want to be profoundly engaged and personally invested in the success of their children. COVID-19 has added more emphasis on the need for families to become involved in education at home. When a child is educated at home, the state avoids tremendous costs for school construction and operation. These families also pay taxes, and it’s only fair that a portion of their tax dollars is returned to help offset their expenses.”
Sen. Vickie Sawyer added, “Families who choose to educate their children at home sacrifice both time and money in an effort to provide the best future for their children. This legislation serves to recognize their efforts.”
According to NCDOA’s Division of Non-Public Education’s report 2020 North Carolina HOME SCHOOL Statistical Summary (2019-2020 school year), the total statewide number of home schools is 94,863 with an enrollment of 149,173 students. The number of schools by county represented by the primary sponsors: Buncombe: 3,344, Henderson: 1,359, Transylvania: 408, Madison: 445, McDowell: 584, Mitchell: 184, Polk: 217, Rutherford: 659, Yancey: 335, Iredell: 2,141, Yadkin: 355
NCHE’s response to the press release:
This line in the press release seems inaccurate or confusing: “These families also pay taxes, and it’s only fair that a portion of their tax dollars is returned to help offset their expenses.” The bill as it is written doesn’t say that money is being returned to homeschool families (unless of course they are referring to tax refunds). The bill allows the homeschool family to keep more of their own money.
How to Develop a Strong Relationship with Your Children
Parents often struggle to have an open and positive relationship with their children. We are trying to train and correct them, which they often do not appreciate. We create limitations and enforce compliance with discipline. This also introduces tension.
However, the manner in which we engage our children and (if we are honest with ourselves) our own weaknesses also contribute to the tension in our relationships. I believe it is possible to have an open and positive relationship with our children. More importantly, I believe such a relationship is foundational for Christian parents who want to help their children follow Jesus.
In this short video, I give three tips for developing a strong relationship with our children. I explain ways that we can show respect to our children, spend time with our children, and have real conversations with our children.
This video is a clip from our webinar Discipleship at Home. If you’d like to watch the rest of the webinar you can sign up here to watch it for free.
– Matthew McDill, NCHE Executive Director
Overcoming Testing Anxiety
Tests.
Just that one word is enough to send a little shiver down your spine, isn’t it? Whether it is tests at school, the doctor’s office, or the DMV, testing doesn’t tend to be our favorite thing. I would guess that most of us have at least a little test anxiety. Or perhaps our children do. Even my children who have never set foot in public school experience anxiety when it comes to testing.
Here in North Carolina, as homeschoolers we are required to test our students every year. This, more than any other legal requirement we have, tends to be the one that people fear. What test should I choose? Where do I get it from? How will my child perform on the test? It feels like the ultimate report card for us as homeschool teachers, and our children as students.
Can testing become a positive experience in your homeschool? I believe it can. Here are a few tips to help you overcome testing anxiety.
Keep Your Perspective
Remember that tests are just a small part of the overall picture of our homeschool and our students. So many amazing qualities are not measured by any test: giftedness in music, athletics or art, character, and leadership for just a few examples. Some truly excellent students are really awful test takers!
Do Your Research
Learning all about what is actually required by law regarding testing, knowing about the different test options, where to get them and how to choose the best one for your situation, and hearing about others’ experiences with testing all help reduce or remove that testing anxiety entirely.
We want to help! Part of homeschooling with confidence and joy is overcoming this testing hurdle. Our webinar, Required Annual Homeschool Testing, coming up on March 12 at 3 p.m., will answer all these questions and more. When the webinar is complete, you will still be able to view the recording by signing up. You can register here. In the meantime, you can find more information on our Testing and Testing Services webpage.
Help Your Kids Get Through It
There are also things we can do to help our children have a good experience with testing. Clear communication with them about the test is very important; we should explain our reasons for giving it and what to expect. We can make the time special for our students—have snacks you wouldn’t ordinarily have, or go on an outing to the park when testing is finished.
You can homeschool with confidence and joy . . . even when giving required annual tests!
– Amanda Wares, NCHE Helps Director
A Breath and a Break
by Diane Helfrich
So, you’ve decided to homeschool, or you have been homeschooling for a bit. It’s quite a responsibility, yet one you gladly choose because you are giving your kids what you want them to have. Let’s take a look at a sample day in the life of a homeschooler:
- Get up early to get breakfast made and grab a cup of coffee
- Get the kids up and dressed
- Eat breakfast
- Clean-up the kitchen
- Start school
- Break to prepare for lunch while the kids play for a few
- Eat lunch and clean-up
- Get back to school
- Play with the kids outside or at the park for some fresh air
- Run to the grocery store
- Run a load of wash, run the vacuum, and prepare for supper
- Greet spouse with quick hello with a hug when arriving home
- Eat supper and clean-up
- Fold the laundry
- Read to the kids and maybe watch a little TV while grading papers
- Get kids to bed
- Talk to your spouse
- Grab a shower and set the alarm for tomorrow
- Collapse
Does this sound like a day at your house? Maybe it’s a different order, but it’s all there in some form. It’s productive. The kids and spouse are well cared for. But what about you? Where did anything focus on you except maybe the cup of coffee and a shower? It’s so easy to get into a rhythm of work that feels like you are accomplishing what needs to be done, but after some time, the grind runs you into the ground. One of the difficulties we homeschoolers face is that we live right in the middle of our work. If we aren’t mindful, the work never ends. A few little routines may help you refresh and reset so that you don’t run into the ground and in that process, lose your motivation. By the way, these routines are important habits to teach our kids. They too will have lives that need a little self-care in the busyness of work and family.
Breathing: Mindful breathing at any point in your day can bring calm and a few moments of rest. In the Benedictine monk tradition, a bell rings on the hour, and everyone stops their work for a few moments of prayer—thankfulness for the work of the day and all things sustaining them. Even taking a moment to close your eyes, focus on breath, and feel it go down the back of your throat—closing out the world to all else can bring calm. Breathe…
Down-time: Take an hour for everyone soon after lunch. At our house, each needed to be in his or her room. The kids could read, take a nap, or play quietly. I did the same—maybe lying down, feet up, and breathing. Maybe I read a book or wrote a letter to a friend. I sometimes played some soft music. Often, I was simply in communion with God; I was doing no work, not using the computer, not talking or playing on my phone, just having me-time. This routine breaks the work routine and forces a micro-vacation in your day even if you don’t do it every day or for a full hour.
Completion: At some point, consider your work done for the day. Maybe it’s after supper. Maybe it’s after the kids are in bed. Knock on the kitchen door three times and make a mental commitment that this is your signal to be done with work. You can’t quit being a parent or a spouse, but you can conscientiously separate from school and housework. You can even wash your face and change your clothes. Wash your work out of your mind and let your stress and cares wash down the drain—watch them go. Make these efforts holy routines in the sense that you focus on the element of self-care as you do it. Be mindful as you fold your clothes, and do it with loving care. “Feel” things as you do them. It’s a matter of calming your mind to be in the moment. Rest can come in moments. You can focus on yourself in moments. When you take the time to clear your mind, God can speak and reassure you of His presence in your life.
This article is not intended to minimize the bigger breaks we all need. We do need time with friends, time alone with our spouse, and vacations where the entire family gets out of town for a bit. I’m a firm believer, however, that if we can breathe and build moments into our day, and bring conscious closure to the end of our day, we can flow through our schedule a bit easier. The eighteen steps above may not change, but step nineteen may no longer say, “collapse.”
Diane Helfrich is a veteran homeschooler of fourteen years. She now serves as the NCHE development director. She is active in her church music program and loves teaching confirmation to middle schoolers at her church. Outside of church, she has taken up playing the ukulele. She is married to newly-retired David. They have two children. Ian is working on a Ph.D. in economics at Georgia Tech, and Anna is a case manager for trafficked and abused children in Yakima, Washington.
Three Tips for Helping Your Middle Schooler Grow Up
Middle school is often a confusing time for kids. Even though we lived through it, it is really no easier for parents. One reason it is challenging (besides puberty!) is because they are at a critical transition point as we move from discipline to discipleship. This is a shift from external motivation to internal motivation. We want them to grow up by learning self-control and discipline. We want them to learn to make good choices on their own. I’d like to offer three tips for how to move through this transition.
Offer new responsibility and freedom in response to obedience and respect.
Create an economy in your home for freedom. Help your children understand how to earn freedom and how they will lose it. When they are obedient and respectful they earn new responsibility and freedom.
For example, if my 14-year-old son consistently fails to complete his chores, then he loses some of his freedom to socialize on his own time. If my daughter does not follow the rules about using the computer, then she loses the freedom to use it for anything aside from work.
Correction can take the form of discipleship, instead of discipline, when there is respect and teachability.
The way our children respond to correction is very important. We often find ourselves getting sucked into an argument with our kids and wonder how we got there. When my kids respond with a disrespectful and argumentative spirit, I let know there are two paths forward.
One is the path of discipleship. If they choose to be respectful and teachable, then we can have a discussion. Sometimes, we can even negotiate. The other path is discipline. If they are going to be argumentative and disrespectful, then there will be no discussion. If they try to argue and do not immediately follow instructions, then they will receive consequences (usually the removal of freedom or privileges).
Give them freedom to make their own choices so they can develop conviction.
I wrote a blog post about the time my son wanted to live in the woods for 24 hours . . . on a cold, rainy day. In the post, I entertained the question: When Should I Let My Children Make Their Own Decisions?
Instead of always giving or not giving permission to do something, sometimes we ought to let our kids make their own decisions. We can help them understand the situation, including their responsibilities, and then let them learn to process what is wise, right, or effective. Often in these situations we can even give them counsel but then give them genuine freedom to decide. Doing so gives them an opportunity to think and pray about their decisions. They can consider counsel and process what is right and wrong. These are abilities they will need for the rest of their lives!
If you would like to hear more about these principles (and many others), please join us on Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. for our next webinar, Discipleship at Home. Learn more and register for free here.
– Matthew McDill
What Is Really Happening in Your Home?
You know that tension between what we say we believe and what we actually do? Sometimes it is a healthy gap that we are always working to close. Sometimes it is a gaping chasm of hypocrisy.
One topic for parents that often seems to fall somewhere on this spectrum is discipleship. This is the churchy word for helping our children follow Jesus. Most Christian parents I know would affirm their responsibility to disciple their children and the importance of family Bible reading and prayer. Most would confirm that this is the most important thing for parents to be doing. But what is really happening in our homes?
Wherever you fall on this spectrum of tension regarding discipleship, we would like to help you close the gap. Even if you are consistently taking steps to help your children follow Jesus, we would like to encourage you.
Discipleship at Home Webinar
First, I’d like to let you know about the next NCHE Webinar that is coming up on February 16, 3 pm: Discipleship at Home. In this webinar, we will talk about foundations, some practical strategies, and suggested content for discipleship at home. We will discuss these questions:
- How do parents transition from discipline (external motivation) to discipleship (internal motivation)?
- How do parents build a strong relationship with their children?
- What are some basic strategies for discipleship?
- What topics should parents discuss when discipling their children?
If you’d like to join us for this free webinar, you can register here.
NCHE Blog Posts on Discipleship
Second, I’ve pulled together a list of blog posts that we have offered on the topic of discipleship.
Resources for Teaching Your Teens to Memorize Scripture
What Is the Ultimate Goal of Education and Parenting?
Capitol Riots, Elections, and Censoring, Oh My!
How to Have Tough Conversations with Your Kids
Help Your Children Develop Their Life Goals
Learning to Rely on the Lord
God gives us an amazing promise in 2 Corinthians 9:8.
“And God is able to make all grace abound to you,
so that having all sufficiently in all things at all times,
you may abound in every good work.”
The key to being faithful in our responsibility to help our children follow Jesus is not just being more focused and determined. The key to faithfulness is admitting our weakness and learning to depend daily on the abundant grace of God that enables us to abound in every good work!
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