Jeannette lives in Apple Valley, MN in an unassuming house on a winding street. Thirty years ago God arrested her from a frantic pursuit of glory and fame by showing her HIS glory. This was a plucking out of a life of intense loneliness to a sweet walk with our gracious God. In his extravagance God then gave her a husband with a great library and eight children to read to. Homeschooling has given lots of time for that. To God be the glory. You can find Jeannette blogging over at Sparrows Rest.
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photo by wwworks By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson (No – it’s actually by her daughter!) Well, ladies, you are in for a treat today because I asked our daughter Ruthie to write a book review for you and she agreed. It is more fun than mine would have been, and I had time to do […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson About five months ago our oldest son and his wife had a baby girl. Our first grandchild! It wasn’t long before our son Andrew was teasingly called “Uncle Andrew.” We all laughed as we pictured Uncle Andrew from The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis—tall, thin, sharply pointed nose, bright eyes, […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson In the fall of 2010, R W Glenn, a faithful pastor, took a sabbatical after working eighty-hour weeks for 10 years. Slowing down allowed him to see a problem he had not seen before: More and more I was becoming convinced that there was a black cloud of inevitability looming […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson After church one day I bumped into a friend. Without preliminary small talk she asked “What has God been doing in your life lately?” Imagine my surprise. I mean, what had He been doing? Puritan pastors believed the Bible compels God’s people to have such conversations. They called it the […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson On a Lord’s Day while in Burma a pastor put a note on his motel room door with instructions not to clean his room. When the cleaning lady asked why, he told her that he serves the God that gives one day of rest in seven. She was amazed and […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson In our day of self-esteem and blame shifting, we are not good at repentance, and it would be well for us to practice more. I cannot recommend better mentors in this regard than the glad Puritans. In Valley of Vision, a book of Puritan prayers, they repent of their repentance […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson I may envy George Washington his courage, perseverance and faith, but I do not envy him his medical care. I mean, blood letting for a sore throat…. I would prefer the illness to that cure, as Washington would have too–if he had lived! The writers of Examining Alternative Medicine urge […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson I recently heard a delightful story of a young woman, Christine, who fell deeply in love with a piano player, Martin, at Bible School. The only problem was that he was unaware and going out with another girl. After one year she transferred to another school, but when she heard […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson We need a theology of suffering because we are all planted in rocky soil, and when suffering happens, we need encouragement to push our roots deep into the comforts and presence of God. Some of the best grapes in the world are grown around the foothills of Montsant, Spain. The […]
By Contributing Writer, Jeannette Paulson Recently I bought an inexpensive Tracphone from Walmart for texting and calling. At home I looked at it more closely and was shocked to find that it gives access to the Internet. How was I to know? I am 54, for Pete’s sake, and do not even remember seeing a […]
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Potty Training: Mom of Nine Tells All
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Potty Training: A Necessary Evil I’ve been potty training for 16 years now (well, not me—but, you know—my kids) and have succeeded, during that time, in potty training four girls and three boys so far. I won’t tell you how much poop and pee I’ve cleaned up from walls, […]
Help! Pregnancy is Making My Body Fall Apart!
By Natalie, Editress of Visionary Womanhood I received the following e-mail recently: My husband and I are in the long slow process of changing our thinking about family size. We are currently expecting our fifth little treasure, and we are so grateful, and excited. And a little scared sometimes, too, haha. :) Our oldest is […]
Ten Criteria for Choosing Homeschool Curriculum
By Contributing Writer, Bambi Moore This is the time of year that I’m cleaning out closets, donating or swapping books with other homeschool moms, and also making purchases. As homeschoolers we are blessed to have so many options out there, but what works for one family may not work for another. Also, there are so […]
Demystifying the Institute for Excellence in Writing
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Institute for Excellence in Writing (IEW) Home educating mothers tend to be overwhelmed by two subjects in particular. Science and writing. OK. Upper level math too. Since I’m not much of a left-brained gal, I won’t be writing any posts about dead animal dissections or the wonders of […]
By Contributing Writer, Carmon Friedrich 25 years. We are coming up on that many years of homeschooling our children. Almost a quarter century! That’s not long enough to consider ourselves pioneers in this endeavor, but it does mean we have “seen it all” minus the persecution of the brave folks who forged a path that […]
By Contributing Writer, Kimberly@Raising Olives Four small children romp around me as I will my pregnant self to do the next thing. Two diaper changes. Four little ones dressed for the day. Breakfast for six. Wipe four small faces and eight small hands. Wash dishes. Stop to nurse the baby and change two more diapers. […]
Medical vs. Natural Childbirth: A Personal Story
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Twenty years ago I was pregnant with our first baby and determined to have a mid-wife and experience pregnancy and birth in the most “natural” way possible. Nineteen weeks into the pregnancy I began to spot a little. Since I could feel the baby moving and had no […]
Eating the Placenta: A Christian Worldview Perspective
By Natalie Klejwa, Editress of Visionary Womanhood Placentophagy, the practice of eating the placenta after giving birth, is a subject of some interest among Wemmicks these days. After googling it, I only found one other “voice” out there raising the question of whether or not it is a morally viable option for those who claim […]
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