Cultivating the Next Generation

Tiffany | September 5, 2010

At church on Sunday morning, one of our elders, while giving his sermon, asked if there were any little children who would like to come up to the front of the church and tell everyone something they know about God. Getting up in front of our large church and speaking would be scary enough as [...]

Why Teenagers Are Growing Up So Slowly Today

Jennie Chancey | August 14, 2010

Thank you to Ann over at Holy Experience for recommending this piece: Here’s a Twilight Zone-type premise for you. What if surgeons never got to work on humans, they were instead just endlessly in training, cutting up cadavers? What if the same went for all adults – we only got to practice at simulated versions [...]

We Made It!

L. Rose | June 15, 2010

Our homeschool experience began in 1989 with a cute, wiggly five year old kindergartner.  In the late eighties homeschooling was unusual.  In 1992, I became a single mother and continued to homeschool.  While homeschooling was uncommon at that time, doing it solo was unheard of.   There were those who meant well by telling me to [...]

Avoiding the College Trap

Jennie Chancey | June 10, 2010

From Joel McDurmon over at American Vision: A college degree guarantees you nothing. It could, in fact, ruin your future. There was a time when having a college degree almost guaranteed you a “good job,” certainly one that pays better than those not requiring a bachelor’s degree. Parents then determined that the costs involved added [...]

Alternatives to college education

Jennie Chancey | May 19, 2010

From Mercator.net: Here is a question that interests me a lot: Are we pushing too many high school graduates into university/college education? Recently on Mercatornet Thomas C Reeves suggested that we are. The New York Times last week discussed the same question, and the Wall Street Journal implied it with an opinion piece on graduate [...]

Should Young Women Go to College?

Jasmine Baucham | May 17, 2010

After I graduated high school in 2007, I was faced countless times with a very common question: “Where are you going to school?” College is such a cultural “coming of age” and a “rite of passage” that few ever considered the possibility that I would not be stepping onto a college campus sometime soon. They [...]

But what about the “good” public schools?

Luci McLeod | May 10, 2010

Not for young readers. When discussing the many advantages of homeschooling, many parents are confronted with the question: “But what about the ‘good’ public schools?  Why would you not send your children there?”  Of all the challenges to homeschooling, this question is perhaps among the most pernicious: being vague, it’s difficult for a parent to [...]

Fantastic Giveaway! Two free passes for “Great Authors” Webinar!

Jennie Chancey | April 5, 2010

Vision Forum Ministries is offering two LAF readers a free pass to a 7-week webinar, featuring authors including Dr. George Grant, Dr. Voddie Baucham, and Douglas Bond (whose historical fiction adventures are a staple in the Chancey household!): Gather your family for seven engaging evenings of learning online as part of Vision Forum’s exclusive Great [...]