Settlers of Ohio

Last Wednesday, we went on an educational and thought-provoking field trip to Marietta, Ohio with some other home-school families in the area. One of the many points of interest we visited was the Campus Martius Museum. The unique name of the museum gives insight to the nature and character of the artifacts it displayed. Campus […]

Bird Watching at Huntly Meadows

Recently, we have been studying Matthew 7:7 where it says, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:”. On an event-packed, fellowship-filled vacation to the Wilkes’ a few weeks ago, we had the perfect opportunity to apply and experience this verse.  Early on Saturday […]

God Thunders Through in Big Sandy!

“My fourteen-year-old brother was in tears,” a friend of mine told me this evening, “as God got a hold of his heart during the day of delighting in the Lord at the conference.” I was chatting with an ATI Mom on the phone this afternoon. “I’ve been to a lot of conferences,” she said, “but […]

An Address From Washington

In a few weeks, we anticipate having a living history lesson. A long-time friend and teacher, Pete Olson will come from Denver the last week of June to speak at several different places about the Christian heritage of America. For now, let us take heed again to an address from George Washington to representatives of the Baptist Churches of America right after his inauguration two hundred and […]

It’s About Relationship

This morning at Bolingbrook IBC I was blessed to hear a powerful message by Evangelist Will Galkin, a former member Steve Pettit Evangelistic Team. God spoke to me through it. The barrenness of spending my days doing needful, legitimate things without the continual awareness of God’s personal presence dries up my soul. Why do I […]

What hospitality!

It was with great anticipation and excitement that we loaded the car and left Thursday morning on a long-awaited visit to Virginia. Our final destination was the Potter’s home, and along the way we stopped at several parks, including the magnificent Cathedral State Park. As soon as we arrived we were warmly greeted and made to feel […]

Mount Vernon

“Give him the grace to die to self on a daily basis so that Your ordering of events and Your resurrection power will be evident in every battle of his life.” Imagine the impact of having these words prayed for you. This was a part of Dad’s verbal blessing, given to me during our trip […]

Birthday Excursion to Cathedral State Park

Until that morning, I had never so intensely experienced the cool confines of an ancient hemlock forest! The moss covered trees were saturated with water from last night’s heavy rain fall. Millions of tiny water droplets clung to millions of tiny twigs, glistening like diamonds in the early morning light. Evaporating water filled the dense, […]

One Decision at a Time

I praise the Lord for His tremendous blessing on the teaching of character in the public schools. What a joy it is to be here and channel God’s love to the children He brings across my path. Usually it is in the classroom but there are also opportunities over lunch, in the library or during […]