Joe | October 19, 2009
The October print edition of the Christian Examiner had a write up on a recent study done by the Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) where they found that home-schooled high schoolers scored a full point higher than the national average.
Some of the findings include:
The new ACT results also support the numerous studies which show [...]
Category: Ezekiel, Home-school | 3 Comments »
Tags: education, harvey milk, Home-school, hslda, stepson, truth
Joe | September 23, 2009
Over these past months, I’ve mentioned “issues” we’ve experienced with our teenager and some of the challenges we have faced with regarded to his education.
As I may have mentioned, we decided to home-school him for his last two years of high school. It was a huge decision for us and primarily for my wife. There [...]
Category: Deuteronomy, Home-school, Parenting, Romans, Stepfathering | 8 Comments »
Tags: children, choices, education, Home-school, stepson, teenagers
Joe | September 21, 2009
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and [...]
Category: Ecclesiastes, Parenting | 10 Comments »
Tags: children, stepson, teenagers, wisdom
Joe | July 17, 2009
Today was my last day with my employer. It’s the second time I’ve been laid off in just over two years.
The other day I was talking with my wife about everything that has been occurring in our family and how in one sense, you could view it as complete chaos and be devastated by it. [...]
Category: Christian Living, Encouragement, Parenting, Prayer | 5 Comments »
Tags: children, choices, faith, hope, love, peace, stepson, trials, work
Joe | June 21, 2009
Today is Father’s Day 2009. Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!
I wanted to write a Father’s Day post to my dad, Louie Chavez, and to share some thoughts about him.
If there has been one thing I’ve taken for granted growing up, it’s my dad. My parents have been married for 40 years [...]
Category: Encouragement, Luke, Marriage, Parenting, Proverbs | 4 Comments »
Tags: children, fatherhood, love, Marriage, Parenting, priorities, sacrifice, stepfathers, stepson, teenagers, wisdom