I am sitting here in a coffee house of all places writing a post. If you know me, I am not a coffee house kinda person. Coffee, yes. Coffee house, not really. But for my daughter who is downstairs at a homeschool Christmas party, I’ll sip on some rather good coffee and take in the…
Category: Fatherhood
Being the Spiritual Leader of the Home
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In some respects, women can be a better diplomat and leader. However, what I am talking about today is a bit different. Men, who is the spiritual leader of your home? Is it you; or your wife?
WEAKNESS VS. STRENGTH
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Are You Adding Pressure to Your Kids?
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Guys, today we are hitting at what I would call a “real issue in homeschooling”. Pressure on our kids. Like it or not we like to think that our kids a smarter, brighter, quicker, more adapt to the ever-changing world than those who attend public or private schools. They very well may be. Universities and…
PRAYING FOR PROTECTION
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We do this by giving them age-appropriate responsibilities and by allowing them to experience the consequences of their choices.
The Technology Watchman
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During the 2018 Teach Them Diligently conventions across the southeast, I was given the privilege to speak to men about homeschooling. Yet during this time, I was curious about what other dads were thinking and struggling within the homeschool life. Well, they wrote down some questions and I told them I would answer them. They…
Providing Spiritually for Your Family
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During the 2018 Teach Them Diligently conventions across the southeast, I was given the privilege to speak to men about homeschooling. Yet during this time, I was curious about what other dads were thinking and struggling within the homeschool life. Well, they wrote down some questions and I told them I would answer them. They…
Having THE TALK
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If you are not the first one to approach this subject, someone else will. Are you going to trust your kids future to their friends? God has blessed you with kids, and it’s your responsibility to lead them in his way.
Turning Around
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Dad, how are you hanging? I have recently done something that some people call dangerous, or incredibly stupid, or say that “You’ll put your eye out!”, but I call good! I have taken up a hobby. You know, something else to steal away the overwhelming amount of spare time that I have in my life…
Quiet Time
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After all the commotion involving Irma, I sit here tonight in the complete quiet of the powerless house tonight enjoying the silence. There is nothing quite like it. I hear can however here the sound of the wind blowing through the trees. While listening to the wind, I have the house lit by the soft…
Are You Being a Participant or Bystander?
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I hope that every dad out there had an outstanding Father’s Day. This is a post that I have wanted to do for a while, but I had to save this one until Father’s Day. But the question is very simple and very important. Are you being a participant or a bystander in your family…
Leaving a Mark
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Hey guys, I hope that this finds you in great shape and spirit. As the Teach Them Diligently Conference is coming up next week, I have a question for the husbands. Are you leaving a mark with your kids?? Let’s talk about that. Last week I was helping in a karate testing in our dojo.…
Are Husbands Really Needed at Homeschool Conferences?
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This question has been around ever since the first homeschool conference. Are husbands really needed at homeschool conferences? In the majority of houses the wife is the teacher. So, is the man, the husband, really needed? Why should the husband give up his time on something that he most likely will not even be doing?…
Apparently It’s Not A Fluke!
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“Apparently it wasn’t a fluke.” As we were walking down to the targets to clean up, all of this hit me.
Do Your Kids Know About Porn?
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You see, we will be quick to talk to them about drugs, or drinking. Yet when it comes to porn, we get a bit uncomfortable, we feel awkward, we think that they might already know about it so we avoid our discomfort and remain quiet.