I love words We would do well to ponder the wise words of wise men and women who came before us, to look upon their habits and philosophy and glean from their experiences. That’s why I love quotes so much…they’re like little nuggets of profound truth wrapped up and persevered in words for countless ages. […] The post Inspirational Homeschooling Quotes From the Past appeared first on Generation Cedar ..read more

“For the woman to be a ‘homemaker’ was to be an executive over the central nervous system of society.” Pastor Wedgeworth goes on to say, “The home used to be the place of oikonomia. As it lost that function, the notion that anyone would be stuck there became torment.” We don’t understand homemaker When a woman […] The post Unlocking the Power of Homemakers: How the Heart of the Home Shapes Society and Our True Identity appeared first on Generation Cedar ..read more

Last week we visited with an older lady whom we don’t see very often (not even every year). Not long after we greeted each other, she looked at me and said, “You’re too busy.” I smiled, and jokingly said, “how do you know?” And she pointed to my children and said, “Oh, I know.” Later […] The post Raising Kids is Hard Work: It’s OK to be Tired appeared first on Generation Cedar ..read more

Did you know that John Quincy Adams was private secretary to the ambassador to Russia at 14 years old and Admiral Farragut commanded his first ship – a prize – when he was 12 years old? In a culture that coddles children, impairing them for life, we are witnessing the results–a generation of grown-up children […] The post Raising Resilient Kids: 8 Practical Steps for Christian Mothers to Foster Responsibility and Independence appeared first on Generation Cedar ..read more

I needed a reminder this morning, so I thought I’d remind you too! Don’t miss life waiting for it to happen! Do we, all too often, miss life, waiting for something else? The next activity, the next appointment, the next break? And we have this false idea that life is a certain kind of moment […] The post Don’t Miss Life Waiting for it to Happen (Embracing the Every Day) appeared first on Generation Cedar ..read more

If you haven’t grabbed my motherhood devotional book yet, you’re missing out. If you are a mom in the trenches, a mom who often feels like a failure, who feels like giving up, OR you’re just weary & have lost focus of the incredible work you are doing as a mom, this book is a must-have!  I need to liquidate them (i.e. get this big box of books out of my spare room!) so you can get yours for $2.00 off now! And while they’re on sale, you’ll wish you bought more for gifts! Click HERE (or on the image below) to get yours. Was $8.99 Now $6.99 Julie says, “Excellent! I bought this book mon ..read more

You need to know something. Just because I write about home and family, marriage, and the joys and gloriousness of motherhood, doesn’t mean I spend all my days with a throng of happy, smiling children around me, basking in their sweet revelries, reflecting on how easy parenting is. Some days, if you could peek into my home, you’d find me on the floor in my bedroom, tear-stained face, heart aching, attempting a prayer that will only come out as a desperate, “God, please help me.” Since the Fall, we’ve been in trouble. (“In this life, you will have trouble…” John 16:33) It helps me to k ..read more

A parent has many jobs, can I get an Amen? But do you know what THE most important job, hands down, for any Christian parent is? Discipleship. In fact, that’s the primary job Jesus left all of us to do (Matthew 28:19) as Christians, so how much more is this command given to parents, backed up with the commission to “train and nurture them in the admonition of the Lord?” We all agree on the principle. But how to do it in the every day isn’t quite as easy to flesh out. Or is it? Simple explained, discipleship is passing a way of life, a belief system, onto another person, and begins with relati ..read more

Parenting sure has changed a lot since I was a kid, and most definitely since my parents were kids. Listening to my father tell stories from his childhood (he was born in 1950) leaves my mouth gaped open. Life was hard. Period. Physically, they had very, very little. I mean dirt floors at one point and a few homemade clothes. The paradox of the previous generations Emotionally, their parents were surviving; so there was precious little left over to give their children, and the idea of helping them feel validated or affirming their feelings, or providing in any way over basic food an ..read more

I think we don’t look enough into our little boy’s face and see the man, or into our daughter’s and see the woman. Enjoying and celebrating their childhood is normal and good, but it can be too easy to hover there, forgetting the goal, forgetting to grow them up, forgetting they are men and women in the making, even now. Book of Manly Men Stephen Mansfield’s book, Mansfield’s Book of Manly Men, (run, and do not walk, to Amazon to buy this book) has rekindled a vigor in me to raise men, reminding me of how desperately our society depends on it. Mansfield, a brilliant writer and a god ..read more