Homeschooling & Public Schooling & Christian Schooling …

Our church has home schoolers, public schoolers, Christian schoolers, Classical-education schoolers (sorry, I’m not sure what the right term is for that), and probably anything and everything that might fall somewhere in between.

It’s great because Fred and I have a wealth of wisdom just waiting to be tapped as we seek to discern how best to educate our daughter.

It’s also great because–honestly, truly!–the parents experience true friendship and God-honoring unity even though they disagree about this important issue.

Let me give you an example from last week …

I was at a party visiting with some friends who just started homeschooling for the first time. (Boy! Did they have some stories to tell about moving three children into a scheduled mode each morning. It was delightful to hear.) We were joined by another friend whose children are in public school and before you knew it, we were all discussing the boys’ teachers & Spider-Man backpacks & how they are ministering to other children in their classes.

If our pastor had joined us, we would’ve heard great stories about the Christian school in town too.

(Oh, and the dad in the homeschooling family above is a teacher in the public schools!)

I’m so very, very grateful for these friends. AND for the evidences of God’s grace that they share with all of us by the prayerful encouragement and loving support they give each other.

Grace abounds!
Thank You, Lord.