Your Take on Mid Life Crisis

Diane Heeney
I’d like to hear your thoughts on “mid-life crisis,” including any resources you’ve found helpful. I have had a lot of hits on my blog resulting from a small posting I made regarding the wife’s role in encouraging her husband in the face of this. Do you think “mid-life crisis” a bogus claim? Is it just a name given to the normal struggle we sinners have with obedience, contentment, and allowing the love of Christ to rule in our hearts and affect our choices and desires? Is this simply the same “crisis” we all face every day in denying self and giving Christ preeminence in all things?

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classical

Anne Sokol
anyone here do “classical” homeschooling? like Classical Conversations or something? want to hear some opinions and ups and downs. i am very “bookish” myself, so i like it in that regard personally, but it also looks pretty intensive. any thoughts?

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Christians and Mixed Martial Arts

Jack
Can Christians legitimately watch mixed martial arts? Participate? What Scripture, if any, would you consider applicable?

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Grandchildren

Barbara H.
I don’t have any grandchildren yet. I don’t have even have any married children yet though I will later this summer. But just as, before I got married and then had children, I looked at those ahead of me along the way to learn from them, I’m beginning to do the same thing with peers who are grandparents.

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Recommendations and Reviews

Susan R

Here’s our sticky thread for any home education resources that you have found helpful. It’s our One Stop Shop for reviews and recommendations for future reference.

  • curriculum
  • parental & teaching helps
  • websites
  • activities
  • legal resources

Don’t be shy about posting what has worked well for you and your family. You never know when some little thing will be a light bulb for someone else!

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SOS?

Diane Heeney
The “Switched On Schoolhouse” curriculum was mentioned in another thread. I’d be interested in hearing anything first-hand about it. I am still not satisfied with what we are doing…so I am getting a jump on next school year as early as I can. I looked at the web site, but I can’t tell…is the price for the 5-subject program also including texts/workbooks, or do you purchase those separately? I like the fact that there are free placement tests for Language Arts and Math.

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Homeschoolers: K12.com curriculum?

Diane Heeney

Since we don’t yet have a homeschooler’s forum, I thought I’d put this here. We got some paperwork from K12 (the number actually appears as an exponent-sort of font in the logo). This is a public school online curriculum (yes, they have entire units on evolution—that much I figured out) that, for now anyway, is being provided free to residents in our state. Not clear yet exactly what “free” means…we are supposed to get a DVD that gives a run-down.

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What to Look for in a Seminary

Kevin T. Bauder

In The Nick of TimeBible colleges exist to train Christian workers. Seminaries exist to equip Christian leaders. If you want to be a good deacon, Sunday school teacher, or youth leader, then Bible college is adequate. If you want to be an effective pastor, missionary, church planter, or preacher, then seminary is very important. True, some men can minister well without attending seminary, but even they would be more effective if they had.

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