Another rerun from 2006:
Since you are reading this I will assume that you are homeschooling. This means that sometime in the recent past you had a serious change in thinking about education, unless you are a second generation homeschooler. Your way of thinking was challenged by someone or something. You and your spouse made a conscious decision to take responsibility for the education of your children. So, now you can go merrily on your way and lead a normal life!
That is not how it has been for us. Once you begin thinking about serious things, like educating your children, you begin to think and rethink other things as well. Not all at once of course, but look back after a few years of homeschooling and see if you have changed your way of thinking about lots of things. Here is a list of some things that we have had to rethink (I won’t tell you here where we ended up): evolution, birth control, music, church, doctrine (Calvinism), salvation, college, evangelism, role of husband and father, dating, immunizations, courtship, children, curriculum, child training, role of wife and mother, sleepovers, Sabbath day, working, health care, adolescence. Get the idea? Whether you just started homeschooling or just finished (actually, this is not possible), you will find yourself continually evaluating what you are doing and why. God wants us to change, from glory to glory into the image of Jesus Christ. Be willing to change for His glory! Further up and further in!
