Archive | August, 2010

Minnesota Retreat!

Brianna and I in front of the farm house where we stayed.

Earlier this month I joined the Christiansen’s, Gomezes and Julie for a relaxing staff retreat in the beautiful countryside of MN. I’d never been there before and enjoyed my stay immensely! We had a grand celebration for Norm and Marlys’s 40th wedding anniversary, went hiking at national parks, boated down the St. Croix river that […]

Self-Government

Washington returned to serve his country when he well might have retired to Mount Vernon.

It has been a long time now since I posted, asking the question about Adams’ alleged quoted saying that the Revolutionary War combined the principles of government and the principles of Christianity. Denise, by way of leaving a comment, answered very well. Now how can we apply the relation of religion and government to what […]

25 Years of Homeschooling

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Dad was really blessed to share the following testimony at the ATI Regional Conference in Indianapolis. God has been so good to us through 25 years of homeschooling! Here is a link to the video:  http://familysupportlink.org/2010/08/18/video-lessons-learned-from-25-years-in-atidon-staddon/ Another post you might enjoy on the ATI Family Support Link Live! is Daniel’s testimony from the Bible Bee!

A Place of Grand Reunions!

View from the air

Saturday I flew into MN to meet up with our In The Gap team for a staff retreat! At the airport I enjoyed observing many grand reunions of those who had had a long day of travel. Suddenly faces lit up from across the room as people ran to greet their loved ones with a […]

Granola!

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One of the things the Staddons have always done is make their own granola! It’s great as a topping, as a breakfast cereal, or even a special gift. Our method of making it has changed in small ways many times and we have tried many different varieties, some of them unforgettable! 🙂 At the present […]

What will Kagan do?

It is troubling when a nominee like Kagan is considered mainstream. Senator Kit Bond of Missouri knows that “The massive expansion of government power we’ve seen over the last 18 months puts our country at a unique time in history”. His bull’s-eye assessment: “Putting a check on activist government power and adhering to our Constitution […]

Pray for the FEW!

“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen” (Matthew 20:16). Our family is now in Brandy Station, Virginia, helping out with yet another incredible Family Encouragement Weekend! I’ll see what pictures I can take, but our main purposes for being here is to work together in […]