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Living Coram Deo - before the Face of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House

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Living Coram Deo - before the Face of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House

Watch here for details - Lord willing, on Monday.

Living Coram Deo - before the Face of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House

Our family has followed Little Bear since nearly the beginning of our home ed journey. We’ve seen him in person, at many homeschool conferences and attended his Family Camp. We have audio Historical Devotionals, video reenactments, and books both by and published by Little Bear. One of our fondest memories, of course, is spending time personally with Little Bear, back in the early 90’s at the Wyoming homeschool conference, where he was the keynote speaker and we were vendors and there weren’t many people there. We went to dinner with him.

Saturday morning, before Little Bear mounted the platform, the conference hosts went through the normal announcements and preliminaries. As they introduced Little Bear, a bombshell was dropped. This would be Little Bear’s last performance. We weren’t prepared for that, and were so glad we’d gotten up early to make it to this sesson. No more Little Bear?

This got me thinking about us “first generation” homeschoolers. Are we fading away? What will the future in homeschooling look like? Has a stable, foundational legacy been passed on? Or will the next generation, like our President, prefer change? A “new” face? I still have many little ones, and will still be home educating right alongside the second gen-ers. What will that surrounding look like?

There’s been much change in home ed since we began in the early days of “legalized” home eductaion. Much of that change has been healthy growth. But some of the change is troubling. To quote Little Bear’s most quoted Scripture, Psalm 78, “I will open my mouth [saying that] which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us.
We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of THE LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. … That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”

Future generations must know the history of what God has done in times past. Learn from it. Build on it. Not reject it. Little Bear helped us to do that. Who will be the “Little Bear” to our children’s generation in home education?

Mr. Wheeler will continue to pastor his flock, but he will be greatly missed in the home education circles. “See you there or in the air”, Little Bear. We will miss, but never forget you.

Living Coram Deo - before the Face of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House

But for today I’m just letting you know that between the books I brought home from convention and the big box of books I got a couple weeks ago from some backbreaking labor (while dozens more boxes went into the trash - how sad) my library is bursting at the seams again. Which means a lot of books have got to go.

I’ve got several boxes I’ve been posting - CHEAP! - at TUAC-swap, a yahoogroup. You can join and see them there or take a chance that I’ll get them listed on my website Used Books page before they’re gone. (This list has been updated, but not everything is listed there yet. Check back regularly to see what treasures we’re parting with.)

So many books - so little time.

Living Coram Deo - before the Face of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House

Yet you can pass the small baton through everyday experiences by remembering a variet of the old speech-class dictum: “Tell them what you’re going to tell them, tell them, tell them what you told them.”

1. Tell them–explain your convictions
2. Take them–gain experience together
3. Talk to them–debrief the experience

Quote from Getting Ready to Lead Vol. 10 #18

In other words, (as I’d put it,) disciple through 4 Real Resources:

Real People

Real Ideas

Real Places

Real Experiences

Share your heart, as a Real Person in relationship with your child/student/other person.

Go somewhere, do something - act upon those things in your heart, with your child alongside you - at Real Places through Real Experiences.

Talk about the Real Ideas involved. What was gained from the Experience? How did it impact your child? What have they learned? How have they grown from it?

Yours for Discipleship for Life!

Lisa @ Me and My House

P. is for Praise and Thanksgiving. We write our Praise to God and what we are Thankful to Him for.

R. is for Repentance. We ask for forgiveness and help to turn away from our sins.

A. is for Ask. We ask that our needs and those of others be met.

Y. is for Yield. We surrender all to Him, for His service.

We utilize pretty P.R.A.Y. Journal pages that are 1/2 letter size. You can put them in a 8.5 x 5.5″ binder, or spiral or comb-bind them. (Spiral is probably the easiest for children to use them.) Utilizing these journal pages works best, at least until the children are old hats at this, because each page has a section labeled as to what area they are to pray and write about.  There are many styles to choose from, showing the wonders of God’s creation. You can make a whole journal of just your one favorite, or mix and match them for variety.

If you don’t want to print off a page for each day and bind them, you can just print off the instructional page and paste it into the front of a Composition Notebook, to serve as a reminder of what to pray for and write. This works OK with older children who are already doing P.R.A.Y. Journals well, but is not as helpful for younger children or those just starting.

Enjoy this helpful way of teaching your children to Pray through Journaling. It is an awesome tool for both your children and yourself.

See other ways we help our children learn to pray here.

For Me and My House ~ At Jesus’ feet,
Lisa @ Me and My House ~ Discipleship for Life!
1 Thessalonians 5:23
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Today (Friday, June 5) is the deadline for registering for:
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The Seminar will be held June 13th from 9:30-5:30 in North Platte, NE, with a fun, bonus session for registrants Friday 7:30 pm-9:30.

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This full day seminar will take you from establishing a Biblical foundation, philosophy and principles of education, to learning the Freedom & Simplicity™ methods of home education through L.E.D., to the practical application of scheduling and planning. Discipleship yoU!™ exercises will help you apply what you learn.

Join us for the LIVE! Seminar and get your Biblical Principles education off to a great start.
Presented by Lisa Hodgen, mom of 10, home educator of over 22 years, and founder of Lifestyle Education through Discipleship™.

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I look forward to meeting with you, and coming alongside you on your journey to biblical wisdom through home education.

Coram Deo, In the Presence of God,

Lisa @ Me and My House