Christian Living

In http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/05/letters_state_… a letter to the editor , composed by Rev. Dennis Smith, Ann Nieuwenhuis, Debra Borgman & Miriam Fleming:

The trouble with homeschooling is not so much that it serves as a smokescreen for havens of child abuse, but that it can, with state sanction, substitute ideological indoctrination for actual education….

From Erik at http://www.irishcalvinist.com/ Irish Calvinist

Last month Russell Moore posted an interesting article at his blog examining the concerns with marriage between those whose theological divide, though within the Evangelical camp, might have some valid issues. Later, in May, he responded so the link has both the article/letter and his response. My question is…what obstacles to their faiths and what required acquiescence, if any, should be in view with such situations?

I am looking for a book to go through w/ my teenage son that teaches critical thinking skills. Does anyone have any recommendations? I have found quite a few on Amazon, but didn’t want to order anything sight unseen.

This little note is dedicated to my many friends who participate in some form of ministry and blog-participation here at SI. I have a suggestion in light of Mother’s Day. Some of you are brilliant at communication except when it comes to your wife (which makes you an idiot, by the way). Take 31 days. Make a list of 31 items. Each day for 31 days in a row, look your wife in the eyes and tell her you love her and explain one thing that she “is” or “does” that makes her the most special person to you on the planet. Don’t tell her this idea comes from me.

I’ve been running into alot of SuperParents lately- those that make most of their kids’ decisions for them, protect them from consequences or rescue them from the full force of consequences. But isn’t it part of our ‘job description’ to protect our kids? At what point have we gone from protecting them to enabling them? My husband and I have been having many talks about this subject, as we are entering Round 2 of parenting in our family. There is a big gap between our first and second-born, so Seth is almost 22 and Noah just turned 13. The younger two are not far behind at 11 and 8 years old.

SpunkyHomeschool http://spunkyhomeschool.blogspot.com/2010/03/abortion-during-school-hou… recently blogged about a girl http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/25/school-abortion-and-more/…: who received an abortion during school hours without parental consent .

…the girl was called a taxi and transported by herself to a clinic to have her abortion then driven back to finish her school d

How do you go about choosing companions for your children? Are ‘church’ kids their friends by default? Or do you purposefully try to find a variety of Christian friends for them to interact with? Do they ever fellowship with unsaved/unchurched kids, and if so, are they supervised in any way?

Perceptive, I might say.

http://www.theonion.com/articles/increasing-number-of-parents-opting-to…

Boarding in Bedlam posted a Carnival of Anti-Homeschooling that some here might find interesting. If you don’t know what a blog carnival is, it is a weekly compilation of submitted blog posts on a particular topic. There is a Carnival of Homeschooling sponsored by Why Homeschool each week.



Anyway, Arby’s conclusion to this exercise was