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Announcing Our New Radio Show – and an iPad Mini Giveaway!
We are thrilled to announce that we'll be hosting an hourlong weekly streaming radio show on the new Ultimate Radio Network! Our new show, Making Biblical Family Life Practical, will be the Hal & Melanie you guys know and love -- there will be lots of back and forth and humor, but also pointed, principled…
Posted by Melanie in Christian Living, Civilization, Contests, Discipleship, Family Life, Family Life, Homeschooling Boys, How to Be a Father, How to Be a Mother, Projects, Radio Show, Raising Boys, Upcoming Events
Helping A Struggling Reader
After our first few children learned to read so early and easily, we thought we were some ol’ wonderful homeschoolers. Then came our next child – and humility! It was really tough, but we got through it and he’s now a very successful college student. Here are some things that helped: Don’t despair – and don’t let…
Posted by Melanie in Courage, Family Life, Homeschooling Boys, Raising Boys
The Kindness of Strangers
When we last left this story, we were speaking at a church in Harrodsburg, Kentucky and the boys were enjoying Aunt Helen's sandwiches of mercy beside the road some 160 miles away in in a remote spot in the mountains. Melanie's tummy was aching from gulping a hamburger with a side of anxiety... As soon…
Posted by Melanie in Christian Living, Civilization
Adventure
We have a tendency to think of our boys' love of adventure as a problem that gets them in trouble. Could it be, though, that God made them adventurous? That He wants them to have boldness and ambition - in His service?  Don't discourage the adventurousness of your boys. Instead, teach them to only risk…
Posted by Melanie in Raising Boys
Strangers, Mamas, and True Hospitality
It was terrible timing. We were just 15 minutes from the church where we were speaking that night and we were running late. We were in the "turn here, go two-tenths of a mile and bear to the right, then make an immediate left" part of the GPS directions. We'd just driven through and grabbed…
Posted by Melanie in Christian Living, Civilization
Homeschooling on a Budget
Boy, do we ever understand homeschooling on a budget. For the last six years, as we’ve fought cancer, coped with a baby with a heart condition and more, all of our budgets have been of the shoestring variety. We’ve found limited finances can be a blessing in disguise, deep disguise maybe, but a blessing anyway!…
Posted by Melanie in Family Life, Homeschooling Boys, Uncategorized
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