Let's Talk Homeschool

Apologia publishes a 4-volume series called the What We Believe series. It's a worldview study endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. The second volume in the series is titled, Who Am I? In that text, several stories are included to illustrate the lessons. This podcast is the FIFTH of an 8-part series where you can listen to the story titled: THE FEAST.

Wilbur and Orville Wright were real go-getters. They worked long, hard days, repeatedly persevering though obstacles and setbacks. Both men were passionate, intelligent, and attentive to detail. And it was pretty much standard practice for them to work all day every Saturday. Today we might describe them as workaholics. Yet every Sunday, the Wright brothers stepped away from work—far away. This episode is a short 5-minute devotional based on their biography and Mark 2:27.

Are you considering homeschooling? Have you started, but you find yourself struggling? Are you tired, lonely, and don't know where to turn? These are some of the reasons we put together this Homeschool Bootcamp. It's a 100-minute conversation starter. There's an introduction and conclusion with four main sessions. Listen to this podcast. Then visit apologia.com/bootcamp to enroll today.

This was such a fun episode to record. We love homeschooling, and literally have hundreds of reasons to share why it is the ideal way to raise, train, and educate your kids. In this show, we share a top 10. And let me tell you -- they are really good reasons!

In this episode I interview Larry Blythe, the director of Apologia's Live Online Classes since 2009. We discuss why this cutting edge technology works so well and why it is very different from the last-minute online format implemented by many schools during the pandemic.

Apologia publishes a 4-volume series called the What We Believe series. It's a worldview study endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. The second volume in the series is titled, Who Am I? In that text, several stories are included to illustrate the lessons. This podcast is the FOURTH of an 8-part series where you can listen to the story titled: THE ALTAR.

The homeschool population doubled in the fall of 2020. The main reason can be traced back to the COVID-19 and fears related to the pandemic. In this episode, we offer three reasons why we believe there is good reasons to expect another surge in the number of homeschoolers this fall (2022).

In this show, I talk with David Hazel of My Father's World. We discuss the state of education in American, homeschools, and micro-schools.

On June 2, 2022, I called Rachael into my office, sat her down, and took her hand. Then with tears in our eyes, I clicked "confirm" to officially close our homeschool after 26 years of operation. 

Apologia publishes a 4-volume series called the What We Believe series. It's a worldview study endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. The second volume in the series is titled, Who Am I? In that text, several stories are included to illustrate the lessons. This podcast is the THIRD of an 8-part series where you can listen to the story titled: THE WOODEN BIRD.

In the first 142 days of the 2021-2022 Charlotte-Mecklenburg public school district, there were 290 reports of students attacking staff members. One result is that teachers are leaving the profession in record numbers creating a teacher shortage. Will this be yet another reason parents wake up, realize the water is boiling, take their kids out of the system, and start homeschooling?

Apologia publishes a product line of digital Self-Paced courses. In this show, online instructor Dan Martin joins me to explain how these work, what makes them unique, and how a student can get the most out of them.

Service companies are experiencing a staffing shortage, which means they can't take care of customers as fast as they would like. Unfortunately, many customers are rude and impatient. However, we can smile and treat people well with respect, patience, and a friendly attitude. And this is an opportunity to teach our children the importance of our Christian testimony in the marketplace. We even share a tip we used with our kids called "C-H-C-A." Listen in and we promise to share the secret code.

Apologia publishes a 4-volume series called the What We Believe series. It's a worldview study endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. The second volume in the series is titled, Who Am I? In that text, several stories are included to illustrate the lessons. This podcast is the SECOND of an 8-part series where you can listen to the story titled: THE POCKET KNIFE.

This is a super short devotional (barely 3 minutes long) based on Job 33:4.

The wide world of education has been changing through the years. Once upon a time, the issues school-age students faced weren't nearly as formidable as they are today. With the aggressive woke, anti-God, anti-life, anti-American agenda in today's public schools, a Christian family simply must take this educational option off the table. That leaves only two options: private Christian schools and homeschooling.

With the not-so-secret news that Disney is going full-blown woke, many people have cancelled their Disney+ subscriptions. This is well and good, but we want to challenge these same families to also cancel their woke public school memberships.

When working with people, you should expect that conflict will be inevitable. But combat is optional. So what are some practical tips? I believe that every leader can be more effective by learning and practicing the four leadership lessons presented in this episode.

Apologia publishes a 4-volume series called the What We Believe series. It's a worldview study endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. The second volume in the series is titled, Who Am I? In that text, several stories are included to illustrate the lessons. This podcast is the FIRST of an 8-part series where you can listen to the story titled: SASHA'S CHOICE.

You are a homeschool hero. As a matter of fact, you are “da bomb”! (That’s a good thing.) Your family believes in you. Now it’s time to start believing in yourself. You can to this thing called home education. And it's good for your kids. Now go save the day.