Life Long Learners: A New Series

As a brand new homeschool mom (about five years ago) I devoured blogs and emails that shared personal snapshots describing how other home school’s operated. My favorite question for other homeschoolers was some version of “what does this look life for you?”

As I examined all the varied approaches, I grew to appreciate how vastly creative God is, providing so uniquely for each of us and allowing us our own opportunities to uniquely glorify Him.

Our experiences were often very different, but in sharing our stories, I found solidarity, inspiration, and connections to more resources than I could access on my own. I was not alone in my struggles! Veteran homeschool moms had lots of tips, tricks, and hacks about how to do things. Newer moms had fresh ideas and passion. Though I spent hours and hours researching different curriculums and methods, nothing was nearly as helpful as hearing the firsthand experience of those surrounding me in the trenches of parenting and schooling. Our kids varied in age. One person’s ideal day was another person’s worst nightmare. But in our goal for educating our children, we grew into a united community. We became the iron, sharpening iron (Proverbs 27:17).

Bible study is so important. It’s how God reveals Himself to us (John 1:1-5). But it can be intimidating too. I’ve been studying the Bible for most of my life and still feel like I’m only scratching the surface. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 reminds us, “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!”

This month on the blog we’re going to give you a peek behind the curtain of our processes. We’ll share our favorite resources for Bible study and how we use them. We’ll give you a glimpse of what it looks like to take a topic or a Scripture and turn it into a devotional.