Raising Real Men

Several of my boys are constantly drawing, so when Timberdoodle, one of our favorite suppliers, asked us if we’d like to review a new art curriculum, I thought, “Great!”and evidently, my boys thought so, too. When Simply Draw with Bob Parsons arrived at our house, there was great excitement, but I wouldn’t let them open…
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You can hear us live on WSVA-AM 550 in Harrisonburg, Staunton, and Charlottesville, Virginia, today at 3:35 p.m.  Tune in to “Late Afternoons with Mike Schikman” at 550 AM or online at http://www.wsvaonline.com/.

A bumper sticker says, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.”  Most people agree on the value of education.  The Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank in Raleigh, N.C., just completed a study of the cost.  How much does it take to provide a K-12 education? How about $122,478 ? That’s median per-pupil expense for thirteen years in the…
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I’d had one of those weeks last week.  The biggest benefit to working from home is that you can be closer to your family.  One of the challenges, though, is just how close that can be when you really meant to focus on work.  The week seemed balanced between fight intervention between brothers, a high-need toddler…
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UPDATE: Congratulations to Mandy Gillespie who won volumes 1 and 2 of our new Hero Tales series and apheartsong who won a free ticket to the Schoolhouse Expo! Psychologists Joseph and Claudia Allen say that low expectations have undermined the transition from childhood to adulthood, and twenty-somethings are still trying to figure out what their…
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Congratulations to Sonbeams on today’s release of their new preschool curriculum! Don’t miss today’s great sale… A few months we reviewed Sonbeam’s ABC Bible Memory Verse Songs and were impressed with them, so when Mrs. Candace of Sonbeams asked us if we’d like to review their new preschool curriculum, we were delighted. The first thing…
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Congratulations to Cynthia and Cheryl Lynn, who won a copy of Ned, Bernardo Boy and the unit study that goes with it! Keep your eyes peeled for more reviews and contests to come…

From: “Mike Richardson” Subject: And now for the rest of the story from Mexico-it is a good one! Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:44:15 -0500 Over the last few weeks I have thought a lot about Matthew 6:34. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow shall be anxious for its own things. Sufficient…
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There are only a select subset of books that I reread. Most are barely worth the time to finish them, but there are a few that bear rereading again and again. Dorothy Sayers is like that. Although she writes mysteries, her prose is so enjoyable that you don’t even care that you know “who dunnit.”…
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Congratulations to Akbowlin88, who won a free copy of This Means War: Equipping Christian Families for Fostercare or Adoption! I hope all of you who didn’t win will consider heading over and buying a copy. This is a book every family who is considering adoption or fostercare ought to read! Keep an eye out for…
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