There isn’t one of us who wants harm to come to our children; we certainly don’t want the “she bears to get them.” What do we do when we see them heading on a self-destructive path? Kalyn’s Secret is a story about such an experience. As a pastor’s kid, Kalyn was active in church, a [...]

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What is video gaming, and how did it start? It all started in 1949, when a young engineer named Ralph Baer was given an assignment to build a television set. He wasn’t supposed to build just any television set, but one that would be the absolute best of all televisions. This was not a problem [...]

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Reach for the Stars

June 23, 2010

Reaching Your Star We’d all like to have a million dollars in the bank, successful career, loving family, nice community, and maybe be a little famous? What is your “star” (goal)? What do you desire most from life? These are some important steps I use to reach my goals and as I listened to Jessica [...]

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Unstained by the World

June 16, 2010

Norma Nashed was born in Palestine but was raised in Jordan. She experienced extreme poverty as a child because her father spent all the family’s income on alcohol. She believes this experience prepared her heart to be sensitive to the needs of others. Her motto is: “remain unstained by the world.” How do you remain [...]

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What’s so Special about the Flag?

June 10, 2010

By Dr. Rose Gamblin Norma Swanson joined Homeschool Companion in a rousing discussion about the U. S. Flag. Norma is the founder and president of Window to the World, Inc. She is a long time teacher and educator and has served as a confidential assistant to the Deputy Undersecretary of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs at [...]

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Restoring Culture through the Arts

June 3, 2010

By Cathy Jackson Today I had so much fun being a guest co-host on the show, Restoring Culture through the Arts. What, exactly, does that mean? Today we were honored to have Vivian Doublestein as a guest on our show. She is the founder and Executive director of The Master’s Academy of Fine Arts, based [...]

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Write with the End in Mind

April 22, 2010

             Do you remember that first time you connected a pencil to a piece of paper? Most of us probably tried sometime in our toddler years only to have the sharp object snatched from our tiny hands. Take a moment to reflect back and you may remember that first letter–often written upside down and backwards—usually [...]

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Keeping Kids Safe From Abduction, Violence, and Exploitation

April 15, 2010

Keeping Kids Safe From Abduction, Violence, and Exploitation According to the U.S. Department of Justice more than 300,000 children in the U.S. are at risk every year for commercial sexual exploitation. Teri Williams from NBC reported that investigators and researchers estimate the average predator in the U.S. can make more than $200,000 a year off [...]

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