Homeschool Update Magazine - 2019, Volume 1, Issue 104

2019 IVOLUME 1 IIS
T H E H E A R T O F H O M E S C H O O L I N G
Will the Christian
Home School
Disappear?
Teaching Purity
In an Impure
World
The Battle is
Upon Us
Self-Care or
Soul-Care?4 8 20 30
ARTICLES INSIDE THIS ISSUE INCLUDE
Rocky Mountain
Homeschool Conference
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HOMESCHOOL DAY
AT THE CAPITOL
APRIL 25th, 2019 PAGE 2

8:45 am Attend the Opening of the
Colorado House or Senate
9:30 am Tour the Interactive Booths
11:15 am Lunches Served
(Pre-order Chick-Fil-A
when you register)
Noon Rally on the West Steps
APRIL 7, 2017
8:45 am Opening of the House
Senate Legislature
9:30 am Liberty Celebration
or
Constitution 101 class
($10, 7th-12th graders)
11:15 am Lunch break
(pre-order Chick-Fil-A!)
Noon Rally on the Capitol west steps
1:30 pm Constitution 101 class
(identical to 9:30 am; $10)
or
Free time!
Meet with your legislator
Self-guided Capitol tour
Denver Aquarium ﬁeld trip
(discounted for CHEC!)
6:00 pm Exclusive Evening Banquet with Chief Justice Roy Moore!
Also, Don’t Miss:
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Showcased in the Capitol all week!
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learning for the whole family!
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APRIL 7, 2017
8:45 am Opening of the House
Senate Legislature
9:30 am Liberty Celebration
or
Constitution 101 class
($10, 7th-12th graders)
11:15 am Lunch break
(pre-order Chick-Fil-A!)
Noon Rally on the Capitol west steps
1:30 pm Constitution 101 class
(identical to 9:30 am; $10)
or
Free time!
Meet with your legislator
Self-guided Capitol tour
Denver Aquarium ﬁeld trip
(discounted for CHEC!)
6:00 pm Exclusive Evening Banquet with Chief Justice Roy Moore!
Also, Don’t Miss:
Joy of Homeschooling!
Participate in the Banner Sign Contest
Showcased in the Capitol all week!
Future Statesman Program
Purchase a workbook of civics activities
learning for the whole family!
Register for Free @
Stand for Homeschool Freedom!
THURSDAY,
APRIL 25TH, 2018
Schedule
Visit these fun booths with the whole
family to engage in learning together:
▪ US Constitution Quiz
▪ Capitol Day Photo Booth
▪ The History of Homeschooling in the
US Colorado
▪ Flag History Etiquette
▪ Roles and Levels of Government
▪ Capitol Building Self-Guided Tour
▪ Biblical Jurisdictions
▪ American History
▪ Colorado History
Bill Jack leads trainings at TeenPact
Leadership Schools, is a faculty
advisor for Worldview Academy,
and has a passion to raise up a
generation that has the vision to
reach their culture with the gospel.
Enjoy your right
to homeschool
everyday
by making a stand
on this day!
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Interactive Booths
Speaker Bill Jack
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THIS YEAR!

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CHEC Homeschool Update IVolume 1, 2019 IIssue 103
INSIDE
Family Encouragement
8 Teaching Purity in
an Impure World
BY SAM BLACK
10 Home on the Range
INTERVIEW WITH THE GILLHAMS
12 The Questions
You Can't Answer
BY MARCIA WASHBURN
15 Your Faith Matters
BY ERIC JONES
16 Making Sibling
Memories
BY AMOS WILSON
30 Self-Care or
Soul-Care?
BY MAGGIE COMBS
CHEC Events
2 Day at the Capitol
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Columns
4 Director’s Desk
18 Homeschool Leaders
20 Legislative Liaison
28 Struggling Learners
30 Best of Blog
32 Curriculum Review
34 Partner’s Page
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PHOTOGRAPHYBYISTOCK
Aquestion like
this may come
across as provocative or
improbable in the minds
of those involved in
this movement, but the
trending statistics should
give us reasons for pause.
In AD 2000, there were about 4.3 million
students attending Catholic, sectarian (e.g.
Lutheran), and conservative Christian schools in
America. This dropped to 3.4 million by 2010.1
Enrollment in “conservative, evangelical” Chris-
tian schools dropped from 900,000 to 614,000
between 1995 and 2011.2
The overall percent-
age of children enrolled in private schools
dropped from 14% to 8% (between 1959 and
2011).3
Despite the world producing an increas-
ingly secularized education, eliminating prayer
and the Ten Commandments, and introducing
various sexual perversions, American families
increasingly turned away from privatized Christian
education.
The Decline of Christian
Homeschooling
Meanwhile, the Christian influence in homeschooling
fared similarly, with the movement being defined
more so by a location change for the education of a
child. Although there were benefits to shifting a social
setting from a state-run institution to a home, this did
not automatically ensure a Christian education. There
were Wiccans, classical humanists, and Muslims
who homeschooled their children. The location of
the schooling did not dictate that the philosophy of
education and curriculum used was God honoring.
Thus, homeschooling produced a mixed bag of
philosophies, making it difficult to pin down the
movement during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s.
According to a 2016 NCES survey, only 51% of
homeschoolers chose this alternative for religious
reasons.4
The majority were more concerned with the
public school environment (80%) and poor academic
offerings in other options (61%). When asked about
DISAPPEAR?
Will the
Christian Home School
the “most important reason” the family chose the
homeschooling option, only 16% pointed to “reli-
gious instruction.”5
Overall, interest in religious instruction among
homeschooling families dropped from 83% in the
2007 survey to 64% in the 2012 survey, and then
down to 51% in the 2016 survey.6
According to the
NCES data, within a period of nine years the com-
mitment to religious instruction dropped by about
40%.
Certainly, there are still some concerned and com-
mitted Christians left in America. There are Christian
leaders who continue to labor in the waning Christian
[institutional] school and Christian homeschooling
movements. However, it has come to the point that
there is no distinctive philosophical approach for
Christian education — nothing to rally around and
nothing to work for. It would be good therefore to
summarize the irreducible and essential elements that
constitute a Christian education movement against
secularism in our day.
BY KEVIN SWANSON
Our Homeschool Update readers typically hear from CHEC Executive Director Steve Craig in this column. In this issue, we have
the privilege of an excellent message from Kevin Swanson, Executive Director of Generations, one of our affiliate ministries.
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The Irreducible,
Essential Elements
1. We cannot concede that a “secular” educa-
tion is neutral, while Christian education is
biased. Every education has a worldview (religious)
foundation that includes a basic understanding of
reality, origins, ethics, and truth. When our children
are discipled in schools representing the wrong [anti-
Christian] worldview, they will often fail to carry on
the Christian faith of their parents and grandparents.
2. Christ must be presented as the source of all
wisdom and knowledge (Colossians 2:3). Christ
must be preeminent in all things — including science
and history (Colossians 1:18). There cannot be two
distinct forms of knowledge — the secular and the
sacred — in the Christian mind. While there are two
revelations of knowledge (natural revelation and special
revelation), they reveal the same truth concerning God,
man, and the world. To ignore Christ in discussions
on epistemology (the theory of truth) or metaphysics
(the theory of reality) is to imply there are sectors of
God’s creation in which He has no part or control. This
mindset is apostasy for Christians who purport to teach
knowledge in the schools or the textbooks.
3. According to the Holy Bible (Proverbs
15:33, Proverbs 22:4), humility and the
fear of God must serve as the foundation of
knowledge and learning. The world appeals to
pride and rejects the fear of God, the significance of
God, the glory of God, and even the existence of God
in education. For Christians, academic pride is the
destruction of knowledge.
4. The Word of God must be integrated
throughout a Christian education. The secular-
sacred divide does not exist in a Christian education.
Deuteronomy 6:7-9 presents the Word of God as a
“frontlet” before our eyes, on the posts and gates of
the house. This obliterates a “secular” education as a
separate kind of knowledge. There is nothing to which
the Word of God does not tie in.
5. The purpose of the Christian education
is not to glorify man, but to glorify God. The
integration of the worship of Christ in a classroom
may seem odd, only because Christian education has
been replaced by secular man-centered education in
THE WORSHIP AND PRAISE
OF GOD SHOULD NOT
APPEAR STRANGE IN THE
HISTORY TEXTBOOK AND
THE SCIENCE CLASSROOM.
[WE] SHOULD BREAK OUT
IN PRAISE AND WORSHIP
TO THE FATHER.
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public and private schools and home schools over
the last 150 years. The worship and praise of God
should not appear strange in the history textbook and
the science classroom. Teachers and speakers in our
[Christian homeschool] conferences and classrooms
should break out in praise and worship to the Father.
6. Faith and prayer are essential for the
success of a Christian education. We do not
encourage self-confidence, but instead God-confi-
dence in the Christian education and training. While
the disciples were busy rowing all night, and making
little progress at that, Jesus was in the mountains
praying. Then, He walked over the water, climbed into
the boat, and “immediately they were on the shore.”
His seminary was held in a boat, and His approach
to solving problems involved faith. He wanted the
disciples to exercise faith in all of their experiences
[as should we].
7. Christ-like discipleship and education
takes place in the context of life and always
requires life-integration. The one who hears the
Word but does not do the Word is like the man who
sees himself in the mirror and quickly forgets what
he looks like (James 1:23-24). Education cannot
be reduced to stuffing facts into the minds of the
students. If the knowledge learned does not produce
love and works that edify and build up, the knowledge
is worthless (1 Corinthians 13:1-3).
Although education in America is in decline academi-
cally — at least according to recent reports — that
is not our main concern. With all the pressures on
us from the world, it is easy to lose sight on the
things that matter most. The first question to ask
ourselves as parents regarding our children’s
education is: “What would Jesus want us
to do?” When we seek His kingdom first in our
children’s education, He promises He will provide
for all our material needs (Matthew 6:33). If we seek
His kingdom first, our children will make the grades,
get into the right college, and earn a good living—
or whatever our hopes are for them as a result of
homeschooling [if that is the Lord's will for their life].
Our focus must be a curriculum and education that
is Christ-centered, Scripture-based, and puts God’s
Kingdom first! Let us focus on Christ-centered faith
and character in every hour and every class, beyond
anything else. We are looking for humility and the fear
of God, including worship and praise in the history
class and the science class. The academics are sec-
ondary. Then, we will look to God to bless our work.
As homeschooling families,
the call to a distinctively
Christian education is the
greatest need of the day.
Passing on the faith to our children should be the most
urgent desire, prayer, and commitment of every Christian
parent. May God bless your family with this thought in
mind, that the next generation might know them, the chil-
dren yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so
that they should set their hope in God (Psalm 78:6,7a). 
[1] https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2012/2012045_2.pdf. [2] Ibid. [3] https://www.
census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2013/acs/2013_
Ewert_01.pdf. [4] https://nces.ed.gov/nhes/dataproducts.asp#2016dp. [5]
Ibid. [6] Ibid. Also, reference https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009030.pdf.
Kevin Swanson served as
the Executive Director for
CHEC from 1999-2009. He
has taught in Christian
schools, colleges, and
Christian homeschool conferences over the last 30
years. With his wife Brenda, they have homeschooled
their five children out on the eastern plains of
Colorado. Kevin has developed Christian curriculum
for high schools and college students, available at
Generations.org. He has also written a number of
books on worldview, the Christian family, providential
history, popular culture, and Christian education.
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PHOTOGRAPHYBYISTOCK
TEACHING
PURITY
In an Impure World
“Dad, what does
*!$#! mean?”
My son’s pronunciation of the crude sexual
term even at 10-years-old was flawless. I kept
my eyes on the road, driving as though he had
asked how ice cubes are made. I took a deep
breath and asked a few questions to give myself
time to think of a good reply. He answered in
brief. Then I provided him all the details, includ-
ing a biblical perspective.
This is not a question I would have asked my
dad. Shame, a dark cloud, even anger, would
come with asking about much less. No, not
safe.
Safety. Trust. These are characteristics I wanted
my son to see in me. Ask anything. It will be
okay. Don’t ask Google. Don’t ask your friends.
Your mom and I are here, and we’ll always tell
you the truth to the best of our ability.
Today, most moms and dads are better prepared
to talk about sex than their parents, but much
more is required of us because our culture is
forcing sexual messages at our children. It’s not
just words, either. Depending on the study, the
average age for kids to be exposed to pornography is
between the ages of 9 and 12.
Between 9 and 12 … and that’s the average! That
means a lot of kids who are younger are seeing porn,
too. Many kids are going from total innocence to
such hard-core-you-can’t-even-imagine porn. It
happened to my son. He was just 8 when another
8-year-old boy showed him porn on an iPod. This
friend came from a Christian home and didn’t even
have wifi because his parents wanted to protect him,
but of course, he found the Internet everywhere else,
from the library to McDonald’s.
Today the refrain is, “It’s not if a child will see porn,
but when.”
Parents rightfully want to preserve a child’s inno-
cence, but knowledge about sexuality doesn’t harm
their innocence. In fact, it can help preserve it. Many
parents fear that providing information about sex to
their children will make them curious. But every kid is
curious, and not talking about it leaves our children
unprepared. God created sex, and He made it to be
good. Our job as Christian parents is to teach our
children God’s plan for sex, even when our culture
seeks to warp that design.
Obviously, this topic is bigger than one article, but
here are some basic tips and great resources to help
you parent well in a sexualized culture.
Fight False Security
Fight the voice in your head that says, “This won’t
happen to my child.” No parent plans for their child
to be exposed to sexual content. It just happens …
often when least expected. Be on guard!
Start Now
Learn now, grow now, and plan now how you will
talk to your kids. Procrastination destroys good
intentions. You’ll be tempted to say it’s too early or
too late. Kill that thought because your 4-year-old
and your 16-year-old need your guidance. Recently,
a parent told me her 6-year-old child was exposed to
porn by another 6-year-old with a smart device.
Protect Your Devices
Install accountability and filtering software, like Cov-
enant Eyes (CovenantEyes.com), on your devices. If
a device can’t be monitored with software and lacks
strong parental controls, don’t buy it. Unprotected
devices are an invitation to serious issues.
BY SAM BLACK
FAMILY ENCOURAGEMENT

Also, filtering-only is not enough; accountability/
monitoring software is a must. Filters teach nothing,
except how to get around a filter. Accountability
creates conversations and opportunities for dis-
cipleship. Parents are their kids’ best resource, and
accountability software is simply a tool that helps
parents better engage their kids about what they see
and do online. [When parents are in close relation-
ship with their children and are also accountable
to the same software system, kids realize that their
parents aren’t just stalking their every move but care
about handling internet issues with wisdom.]
Read These Great Resources
Here are some amazing resources that will guide you
in training and discipling your kids.
1. Luke Gilkerson at IntoxicatedOnLife.com has
a fantastic guide called Having the Talk. It pro-
vides seven lessons to introduce your child to
biblical sexuality and will give you confidence
and reduce confusion about what to say.
2. Hal and Melanie Young have a wealth of
resources on their site RaisingRealMen.com.
Among them is a book they wrote called Love,
Honor, and Virtue: Gaining or Regaining a Bibli-
cal Attitude Toward Sexuality. It’s written to and
for teen guys to help them navigate our cultural
minefield.
3. Good Pictures Bad Pictures is a great book
you can use with your young kids to help them
understand why pornography is dangerous and
how to reject it. You can find it at
ProtectYoungMinds.org.
4. Equipped: Raising Godly Digital Natives is an
easy read packed with tips that help you guide
your child in a pornified world. This free e-book
shows parents how to have honest conversa-
tions about self-image, sexuality, sin, and
shame, and provides proven methods for train-
ing children to be media literate. Get Equipped
and other free e-books at CovenantEyes.com/
ebooks. 
Sam Black is VP of Development for Covenant
Eyes. We are pleased to announce that Covenant
Eyes is a Premium Partner for CHEC’s 2019 Rocky
Mountain Homeschool Conference. Sam will be
speaking several times on topics of interest to
families regarding internet accountability.
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ACCOUNTABILITY
CREATES
CONVERSATIONS AND
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR DISCIPLESHIP.
FAMILY ENCOURAGEMENT

Roy and Brandee Gillham live on their family’s working cattle
ranch near Peetz, Colorado in the far northeast corner of the
state. Their little cowpokes have been home discipled since
birth. This winter, their family endured a faith-testing experi-
ence when their youngest son, Waitley, battled and survived
a life-threatening lung infection. Praise the Lord!
INTERVIEW WITH THE GILLHAM FAMILY
PLEASE SHARE WITH OUR READERS
HOW YOU MET, STARTED YOUR
FAMILY, AND THEN DECIDED TO HOME
EDUCATE YOUR CHILDREN.
ARoy and I met while working
on our degrees at Colorado State
University. Our first date was at
a church event where I gave
my life to Christ. We dated
for three and a half years,
then got married in July
2003. I was a certified
teacher and taught
one very long year of
public high school.
By the summer
of 2004, I was
ready to begin our
family. However,
God planned for
me instead to
teach four years
at the collegiate
level before we were
eventually blessed
by the birth of our
first son, Jake. A short 21 months later, Matt joined our
herd. Despite being a certified teacher with a passion for
teaching, like so many others I didn't believe my ability
was designed for teaching my own children.
Our plan was for me to go back to “work” as soon as our
youngest was in school. Unexpectedly, I was diagnosed
with cancer when my boys were only three and five. I
finished six months of chemotherapy just three weeks
before Jake was supposed to start kindergarten. Since
he was going to be a fourth generation Gillham at the
local school, I was not about to upset the apple cart.
Until I did!
By March 2014, I was feeling better and the Lord laid
Proverbs 22:6 on my heart: Train up a child in the way
he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart
from it. I didn’t realize at the time that this verse is often
considered the ‘homeschool mantra,’ but it led us to
consider home education. I already had experience
teaching preschool at home with my boys, so after Jake
finished his kindergarten year at the local school, we
began our journey of homeschooling.
Despite the doctors telling us we could have no more
children following my particular chemotherapy treat-
ment, we had our third son, Waitley, in April 2017. Now
our fourth son will arrive in April 2019!
Home on the
range
FAMILY INTERVIEW

YOUR FAMILY RANCHES IN A
REMOTE AREA. HOW DO YOU
COMBINE HOMESCHOOL WITH
THE OTHER ASPECTS OF YOUR
BUSY LIFE?
AMy lil’ cowpokes love that they can get all
of their book work completed in the morning with
me, have lunch, then head outside to work with my
cowboy husband. This is actually a huge motivator
for my boys to stay on task while doing their school
work with me. With my husband they are learning real
life lessons and work skills such as fence building,
machine repair and maintenance, livestock care,
horsemanship, and wise stewardship of the land. We
are blessed to get to do school and life together as a
family every single day.
For example, three years ago my two oldest boys
started an egg business. They became responsible
on their own for a flock of about 50 chickens (the
number changed due to our dogs!). They learned hard
work, marketing, and money management. This past
summer, I hired them to work for Mama Sons Con-
struction Company. They learned to apply for the job,
negotiate wages, and show up to work — all to build a
chicken coop to house their egg-laying birds.
EXPLAIN YOUR LEADERSHIP ROLE
IN YOUR LOCAL HOMESCHOOL
SUPPORT GROUP AND THE HEART
YOU HAVE FOR ENCOURAGING
OTHER LEADERS THROUGH YOUR
VOLUNTEER WORK WITH CHEC.
AI have been serving on the leadership team of
The Vine Homeschool Co-op for a few years, helping
our team plan and coordinate the activities for each
semester. I enjoy planning field trips for our group
as well as hosting and attending our monthly mom’s
night out. The Lord has given me the gifts of admin-
istration and leadership, and my heart is to bless the
families that participate in The Vine.
In addition to my local volunteer work, I have been
so blessed by CHEC and the Rocky Mountain
Homeschool Conference that I desired to give back. In
2017, I began coordinating the Leadership Luncheon
held during the conference. Recently, I began to
encourage other group leaders by launching an
interview series called “Leaders That Lead the Way.”
Further, I chose to participate in the Homeschool
Freedom Team (https://chec.org/resources/colorado-
homeschool-freedom/) as I am so thankful for our
freedom to homeschool in the state of Colorado. I
am amazed by those who went before us to make this
path available, and I am willing to stand up and do my
part to maintain that freedom.
I firmly believe we will never regret the time we invest
in our children and other home educating families
as we train the next generation to stand on the very
words of Jesus Christ. 
FAMILY INTERVIEW

s homeschoolers,
our focus is on the
young people around
us. We parent them,
teach them, love them,
and clean up after
them. It is easy to
concentrate so much
on our children that
we forget that they
aren’t the only ones
having birthdays —
our parents are, too.
Sometimes, we fail to
notice important signs
that our parents need
our help.
▪ “Has this ever happened before?”
▪ “What medications and supplements does your
mother take? How often? What is the dosage?”
▪ “Does she have a DNR?”
▪ “Who is her primary care doctor?”
▪ “Do you have a Medical Power of Attorney?”
▪ “What is the name of her insurance provider?”
Suddenly, you realize how little you know about
the details of your mother’s life. You wish you
had started the conversation with her before this
emergency. You have no idea where to find the
information the medics are requesting, and besides,
you want to stay with her, not go searching through
her house to find it.
Most of us cannot imagine that the mother who
sings in the church choir and cheerfully organizes
dinners for the family reunion will ever lie helpless
on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance. But it
doesn’t take a statistician to tell us that she is get-
ting older each day and that few people are able to
completely care for themselves in their older years.
As Christians, we agree that we should honor our
parents. This may include many things: visits, cards,
phone calls, or help with home maintenance projects.
We teach our children to respect their elders, and we
talk about the promise of Heaven for believers. As they
get older, we address issues such as respect for life
from conception through natural death.
As part of the management of our family, there is an
important part of honoring our elders that we some-
times forget. Or, if we recognize its importance, we
hesitate to address it because it makes us uncom-
fortable. For the sake of our parents, ourselves, and
even our children, we need to address aging and
end-of-life issues.
Consider this scenario: your mother lives several
hours away, and you and your family try to visit her
several times each year. But this time, what started
as a typical visit quickly introduces you to a whole
new world of responsibilities and decisions.
While eating out at her favorite restaurant, your mother
complains of a sudden headache and then collapses.
You call 911 and the medics arrive promptly. That’s
when the questions begin.
YOU CAN'T
ANSWER
The Questions
BY MARCIA WASHBURN
PHOTOGRAPHYBYISTOCK
A
MANAGEMENT FOR MOMS

We tend to avoid discussions of illness, disability, and death
because they are unpleasant, or maybe we think it is bad luck
to talk about such things. But it is far better to discuss essen-
tials in advance than to scramble for life-saving information
when we are emotionally upset.
My own mother got it right. She loved me so much that she
compiled a Family Notebook of information (and informed
me of its location) that I would need when the inevitable
time came that she would need care or would graduate to
Heaven. She started the notebook while in her 50s, but I
didn’t need it until she was in her 80s when she came to live
with us. Meanwhile, I had the comfort of knowing it was there
whenever the need might arise.
Mother included financial, medical, and legal information that
she updated regularly. She stated her preferences for her own
memorial service. Everything was in order, such that we didn’t
even require an attorney to settle her estate after she died.
Here are some tips that could save you many anxious mo-
ments with your own parents.
▪ If your parents live at a distance, get acquainted with
their neighbors and exchange phone numbers. If your
mother doesn’t answer your calls, you will want to
know someone who can check on her. A neighbor was
the one who first alerted us to behavioral changes
in my mother-in-law that proved to be early signs of
dementia. This led to more frequent in-person visits
and, ultimately, to moving her in with us.
▪ Some families find it awkward to discuss legal matters
and final wishes. Perhaps you and your spouse can
take the lead by letting your siblings and parents know
that you are gathering important information for your
own Family Notebook. Encourage them to do the same.
▪ Explain to your parents how grateful you will be to have
all the information you need in one place if they become
incapacitated, or when they die. They need not show
you the details at this time if they wish to preserve their
privacy, but you will be glad to have it if one of them is
suddenly crippled by a stroke or heart attack and you
become the decision-maker on their behalf.
▪ Encourage your family members to prepare important
legal documents such as a will, a Medical Power of
Attorney [with a signed HIPPA form], and a Durable
Power of Attorney. Copies of these should be included
in the Family Notebook. If these documents do not
exist, the government makes all decisions regarding
your loved one’s medical and financial affairs, as well
as determining what will happen to any minor children.
Most people would prefer that someone who knows
their wishes would make those decisions, rather than a
government employee who doesn’t know the family.
These are not pleasant issues to think about, but every day
we spend on this planet we are growing older. Few of us will
escape without requiring some type of care. Take the time to
set your affairs in order and encourage those you love to do
the same. Your family will commend you for it when they are
the ones caring for you. 
© 2016–2018 by Marcia K. Washburn.
Through the years, Marcia has cared for four
adult relatives in her home. Her book,
Home-Based Eldercare: Stories and
Strategies for Caregivers, is available at
MarciaWashburn.com and at ChristianFamilyEldercare.org.
This article is adapted from one that originally appeared in
the August 2016 Christian Family Eldercare newsletter (see
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As I was reading
through the
story of Noah this
morning, I had some
interesting thoughts
about the importance of
a father's faith and how
it can bring blessing and
protection to his entire
family. Men, our faith
matters!
Noah was a righteous man and was considered
blameless. So when God decided to purge
the earth of the evil that man had created, He
recognized Noah and made plans to save him.
However, we see that God ended up saving
more than just Noah. He also decided to save
Noah’s wife, his sons, and his sons’ wives.
It is interesting that Scripture does not men-
tion that any of these family members were
righteous and blameless or walking with God. So
why were they spared? Was it because God had to
repopulate the earth and needed them for that task?
God could have started all over with just Noah and
his wife.
Was it because the sons helped their father build the
ark and this was their reward? Was it the faith of the
sons and their wives that saved them? In Hebrews,
it only mentions that it was the faith of Noah that
actually saved his entire family from the pain and
destruction of the epic flood (Hebrews 11:7).
Do not think that I am advocating that a father’s faith
can provide eternal salvation for his family. For, you
see, the ark only saved them from the serious storms
of this life and the judgment of God for a period of
time. They all eventually died and were accountable
to God individually.
However, as men, we can never underestimate
the importance that our faith plays in the life
of our entire family. The faith and obedience of a
father can protect his family from many storms in this
life. It can provide that spiritual “hedge of protection”
that is wide enough to shelter others (Job 1:10).
Men, it is humbling and exciting to know that our
faith affects more than just our lives. When we
say yes to God and pursue Him, our families
are blessed. Let’s not take our role as fathers and
spiritual leaders of our families lightly. We can set
the tone, provide a covering, and affect generations
to come.
The stakes are high, so let’s put our trust in
God, circumcise our hearts to the Lord, and
live out who we are in Christ.
May we “find favor in the eyes of the Lord” and be
called “righteous and blameless among the people,”
just as Noah was. And may our families be invited
onto the ark in times of trouble and turmoil because
of our faith. 
Eric Jones is a homeschool dad, the Lead Pastor
of Evident Life Church in Gilbert, Arizona, and
the Director of the East Valley House of Prayer
(EVHOP). Eric and his wonderful wife, Velvet, have
been married for 20 years and are blessed with
one daughter and three sons. This article is used
with permission from the Alliance of Christian
Home Education Leadership article archives.
BY ERIC JONES
Your Faith
to Your Family
DAD TO DAD

BY AMOS WILSON
“Amos, did you
know that Jonah
was swallowed by
a big dog?”
This question came from my four-year-old sister
as she stood barefoot in my garden, her curly
brown hair a crazy mess in the wind. Today was
gardening day. Once a week I came to work
on the garden at the family's house, and my
arrival was usually greeted by several of my nine
younger siblings — most often my six-year-old
brother Jed — running out of the house with a
dozen questions for me to answer. On one such
occasion, Jed informed me that “Today was fun-
school,” and I was going to teach them.
“All right,” I said, “What do you want me to teach
you?”
“Give us another science lesson!” Jed said
excitedly.
I was a bit taken aback at this. Were I to teach
science, I would most likely lead my poor
students astray. Yet, not to be undone by my
brother's request, I asked, “Another? When did I
teach you science?”
“Don't you remember? That's what you told us about
last time, with James I and the Stuarts of England?”
“Ah!” I said, “But that’s not science, that's history.”
Jed shrugged. Apparently all subjects were the same
to him. “Can you tell us more?”
Growing up as a homeschool scholar in Denver, both
of my parents were non-stop teachers. They took
seriously the verse in Deuteronomy 6:7 to teach at all
times. No matter what we were doing — gardening,
family devotions, dishwashing, deer-processing, na-
tional popcorn appreciation day, MMs — everything
was a good excuse to teach. Following my parent's
example, my older brothers would spend all of their
lunch break teaching us everything they had learned
that day in their high school studies.
This was one of the things I loved about
homeschooling: it blurred the line between life and
study with no compartmentalization about learning.
History, science, math, and making breakfast were
all interrelated subjects. To learn and to teach were
just as natural a part of everyday life as eating and
drinking. I discovered that anything I learned during
the course of my studies was not just a fact to be put
into short-term memory for an upcoming test; it would
become a part of my life as I shared it with all 11 of
my siblings. No piece of information was too small or
too menial.
I think it was this example of everybody teaching ev-
erybody random facts which led Maggie to approach
me that day in the garden.
“Amos, did you know that Jonah was swallowed by a
big dog?”
I smiled at this. Apparently she had learned this in
devotions and thought it was interesting, so she
was going to tell me about it, interrupting my history
lesson of the Jacobite Revolution, which was led by
the Stuarts.
“How's that, Maggie?” I asked.
Maggie giggled. “Because, in Hebrew, the word 'dag'
means 'fish,' so Jonah was swallowed by a big 'dag!'” 
Amos C. Wilson is a homeschool
graduate, born and raised in
Colorado. He now resides in
Manhattan, Kansas, with his
lovely wife Magali, and they are
expecting their first baby. He works as a general
contractor, and writes poetry along with Christian
fiction. Check him out on Facebook, or on his
blog: SermonNotesPoem.Wordpress.com.
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Encouragement
provides the
emotional fuel that
enables people to hold
longer, reach farther,
and dig deeper than
previously believed
possible.
John Maxwell says that encouragement is
51% of leadership. I believe that. As a leader,
your role is to give people hope, to build them
up, and help them believe in themselves in
a greater measure than they have before. In
short, to live a better life.
Do others see you
as an encourager?
Encouragement isn’t something that you do
from a checklist of “things to do today.” It’s a
way of life for a leader. Encouragement is not a
soft expression from a weak leader. The tough-
est of good leaders understand that it’s something
core [fundamental] to sustained influence. Es-
sentially, sincere encouragement comes from a deep
love of and belief in people and a desire to see them
experience life in a better way.
Encouragers naturally
draw people to them.
Let me raise the bar on the definition for encourage-
ment. As a leader in a local [group], if you are an
encourager, people will naturally migrate to you.
When they see you, they smile and instinctively walk
toward you. This is not about a charismatic person-
ality. It doesn’t matter if 5 people seek you out or 55
people seek you out. The point is that people will
literally move to you because you cause their life to
be a little brighter. I’m not talking about people who
want permission for something, an extension cord,
or keys to the storage area — but people who just
want to be around you!
Let’s be honest; life is wonderful, but it’s difficult.
True? Do you have any financial challenges? How’s
your health? Do you have kids? Life is good, but
it has plenty of challenges. Life will press people
down, so anyone who consistently lifts people up
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Encouragement
(sincerely) gains the ability to influence — mean-
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If you are a leader in a local [group] and people
don’t migrate to you, there is a reason. You need
to discover what it is. Ask someone you trust, who
loves you, and will tell the truth. For now, start
encouraging others. Do it sincerely and often. 
[This article was published May 26, 2016 on churchleaders.
com. It is reprinted here with permission of the author.]
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BY CAROLYN MARTIN
The family structure, home education,
parental rights, and religious liberty
are all under attack!
With this last election, Colorado turned in a direction that will take
us away from personal liberty and freedom. Now that big govern-
ment progressives are in positions of power throughout our state
government, the likelihood that our fundamental rights will
be eroded is a reality we must face.
In the last legislative session, several ‘blue’ states brought forth
legislation to further regulate homeschooling. California sought
home visits and the creation of an advisory commission to recom-
mend changes to the homeschool law. Hawaii legislators proposed
background checks for homeschool parents and child welfare
investigations. Thankfully, these attempts were stopped by a
multitude of dedicated homeschooling families who showed up and
raised their voices in opposition.
The assaults across the nation have not gone unnoticed by influ-
encers in Colorado. There will be an effort to increase oversight of
homeschoolers this year, and most assuredly, we will experience
attacks on parental rights and religious liberty. The bills infringing
on parental rights that were killed over the past several years are
likely to pass now with barely a whimper. An attempt to lower the
age of consent for minors to direct their own mental health care
will be made, with the only question being how much it should be
lowered, to age 10 or 12? It would not be surprising to see a bill
mandating vaccines which strips religious and personal exemptions
from the current statutes. In the face of this opposition, we must
continue to tell all who will listen that parents have a fundamental
right to direct the upbringing, care, and education of their children
without government intrusion.
As for religious liberty, our new governor said in an interview that
you have to “separate your individual moral beliefs with what you
believe in the public sphere,” propagating the idea that the first
amendment merely secures your right to private worship. This
leaves your God-given, unalienable right to live and act according
to your conscience shredded on the altar of political correctness.
If what we believe must be sequestered inside the four walls of
our churches and our homes, we will not be able to live the life
Jesus calls us to live. At the Capitol in Denver, I have personally
heard traditional Christian beliefs publicly admonished for not being
consistent with the goals of our state. The state claims its mission is
to “eradicate all discrimination.” In order to accomplish this, laws will
need to be strengthened to silence any opposition in the public sphere.
In this arena, we must stand strong on the truth of the living
God and remain true to our conscience, no matter where we
find ourselves.
We need all hands on deck to fight the battles that will surely come.
Participate with these action steps:
1. Prayer is our foundation. Join me in praying for the protection
of homeschooling families across this state and for the leaders of
our state to have a renewed understanding of the inalienable rights
given to each of us by our Creator (1 Timothy 2:1-4).
2. Strengthen your own understanding of the biblical
foundation for home education and discipleship. Here is
a helpful article to start with: HomeschoolEnrichment.com/articles/
view/education-the-bible-has-more-to-say-than-you-think. Make sure
you are prepared to give an answer for why parents should be free to
homeschool their children.
3. Reach out to your legislators personally — we’ve made your
first step simple and quick by including a postcard for you to use
in the center fold of this issue. If the need arises, be ready to stand
with me at the Capitol and speak truth. (Visit CHEC.org/Freedom for
helpful articles on navigating your outreach to legislators.)
4. Keep up with what’s happening at the Capitol by subscrib-
ing to the CHEC Blog at CHEC.org/blog.
5. Join me at the rally on Homeschool Day at the Capitol on
Thursday, April 25, 2019: visit CHEC.org for details.
Let’s show our representatives how
much we care about our freedom and
our posterity!
Carolyn Martin is a veteran homeschool mom who serves as
CHEC’s Legislative Liaison. She spends a lot of time at the
state Capitol in Denver to keep informed on legislative issues
of concern to home educators. If your homeschool group
would like her to speak regarding upcoming legislation and
future elections, please contact her via email, Carolyn@CHEC.org.
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Connecting with your state legislators is a crucial act of citizenship.
Your engagement with the political process begins with your relationship with your
representatives. We hope that you will take this opportunity to send a postcard to your Colorado
House Representative and Colorado State Senator.
Instructions for filling out the postcards provided in the center of this issue:
1. Print your legislator's name and title above the mailing addresss. (Find their names here: http://
leg.colorado.gov/find-my-legislator) Example: The Honorable insert Senator/Representative and full name
2. Write a message that is as personal as possible. Sample:
Dear insert Senator/Representative and full name,
Thank you for representing our community in the Colorado Assembly. We are a homeschooling family and we
encourage you to uphold our unalienable fundamental right to provide and direct the education and upbringing of
our children. Join me at Homeschool Day at the Capitol on April 25th at noon on the west steps.
Praying for your protection and strength during this session.
Sincerely, Your Name
3. Sign it! Include your email and/or phone number.
4. Stamp mail: Make sure you add a $0.35 stamp.
That's it! This is a great first step in building a relationship with your state legislators, a
crucial act of citizenship. Contact Carolyn Martin (Carolyn@chec.org) if you'd like help making
future connections.
The homeschool freedom we enjoy today
in Colorado must be guarded carefully.
WE NEED YOU!Every family in Colorado has an opportunity to get involved,
either onsite at the Capitol or from home. You can:
 Help read and review proposed bills for their potential effect on home education,
parental rights, and religious liberty
 Donate to help with costs for legislative liaison work
 Subscribe to the CHEC blog for regular legislative updates from Carolyn
Martin every two weeks
 Subscribe to our email list for prayer updates and join the private Facebook
prayer group
Learn more and sign up for updates
at CHEC.org/homeschool-freedom
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R.E.A.L. L.I.F.E. Homeschooling
Homeschooling Held Hostage
The SEVEN Most Important Things
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EPIC: The Fight for Faith and Family in
a New Age
Biblical Discernment in an Unbiblical
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Pastor Kevin Swanson and his beautiful wife, Brenda, live with their five
children on the eastern plains of Colorado. Formerly Executive Director
of CHEC, Kevin currently hosts a daily family radio program called
“Generations” and serves as the Executive Director of Generations. Over
the years, his family has teamed up to produce radio programs and
news broadcasts, publish and distribute Christian books, and organize
evangelistic outreaches and conferences. He is the author of over 20
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Seven Habits of Highly Suppressive
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Fortitudine Vincimus (By Endurance We Conquer)
The Resolute
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Amazing Animals and Attributes of the Amazon
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The Tone in the Home
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Three Simple Strategies to Enhance
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Brain-Friendly Spelling Strategies
Reading Deeply in a Digital World
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Executive Functions of Speech
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Cloud-based technology is a game-changer
in the world of e-learning, removing barriers
and paving the way for successful learning,
especially for struggling middle and high school
students. There are many wonderful book-based
homeschooling materials, but students with
dyslexia, dysgraphia, and ADHD often need the
help of assistive technology features to support
learning differences.
If you are spending “too many” hours with your
older students reading aloud or acting as a scribe,
it may be time to try something new. The digital
worlds of Google, Apple, and Microsoft all offer
accessibility features that are waiting to be found
and used on current devices.
The implementation of technology and figur-
ing out the best online pedagogy for a learner
with disabilities can get tricky. It’s important to
know your child’s strengths and weaknesses
and the task at hand in order to figure out which
features to try. Efforts to provide greater access to
engaging online content and supports can end up
leading to more distractions and possible power
I hope you’ll check out some of these features and
find the digital sweet spot for your child so, hopefully,
some of his or her struggles will turn into personal
strides. Once your struggling learner is better able to
understand the material to be learned and show what he
or she knows, you can sit back and watch the wonder
of lifelong learning happen, knowing that you have set
them up for success in this digital world.
Do you feel alone in this effort to figure out which tech
is best? Connecting with others can help! I’ve created
a group on Facebook for this very purpose: IST Tech
Savvy Solutions. Also, I host a free webinar series
at www.TheyMayNotKnow.com. My complimentary
15-minute phone consults can be scheduled at www.
InnovativeSpeech.com. Finally, my book which features
top tech picks is Assistive Technology in Special Educa-
tion: Resources to Support Literacy, Communication and
Learning Differences. 
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Joan Green is a licensed and
certified speech-language
pathologist with many years of
experience helping children and
adults who have communication,
cognitive, literacy, and learning
challenges. Readers may learn more from her
website or contact her at InnovativeSpeech.com.
struggles between parent and child. Take a look at the
parental controls and restrictions on devices as well
as how to create a 'digital family contract.'1
These will
assist you with specific expectations when it comes to
using technology to keep everyone safe and productive.
Just think … as a homeschooling parent, you have the
ideal situation to determine, together with your student,
the nature of the technology tools and strategies for when
and how to use them. A collaborative mindset will be a
great lesson on its own that may foster a love of learning,
a [confident and appropriate] sense of autonomy, and
bring peace back into your home. [An accountability
app such as covenanteyes.com can help families safely
navigate online sites, track time usage, and enable family
conversations regarding appropriate internet use.]
Here are a few assistive tech tips for older students:
Reading: Take advantage of text-to-speech features
that read aloud the words on a screen. Also, visual
clutter and distracting notifications [that pop-up when
using technology] can be minimized. I’ve highlighted
five of my favorite resources for making reading easier
at http://bit.ly/2RfP54k.
Writing: Speech recognition enables students to
dictate rather than type. The “voice typing” feature on
the toolbar in Google Docs is a great tool to explore.
BY JOAN GREEN
STRUGGLING LEARNERS
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CARE?
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It’s 10 a.m., and you haven’t showered or
gotten dressed. Your teeth are unbrushed, and
your coffee is cold. You have just reminded your
toddler for the 57th time not to put his hands
down the back of his pants. You expertly juggle
your newborn in one arm while dishing out a
moderately healthy snack for your toddler with
the other. You are a mother, and you feel bone-
weary. Our culture has offered up a solution for
the frazzled and frantic mom who never manages
a moment alone: self-care.
It’s almost impossible to visit a motherhood website,
blog, or play group without running into it. The
concept of self-care is simple: if the plane is going
down, you should put your oxygen mask on first
before assisting others. But if your motherhood plane
is about to crash and burn, God is the only source for
the oxygen you need to survive the fall.
Self-care encourages coffee runs, nap times
spent reading novels, pedicures, happy hour with
girlfriends, new clothes, massages, exercising, deco-
rating homes, and lavender bubble baths. There is
nothing inherently bad in this list, but the problem lies
in the elevation of these good things as necessities for
surviving (or even thriving in) motherhood.
Self-Care or
SOUL-
BY MAGGIE COMBS

Why self-care isn’t enough
Self-care will never fill the void in your heart meant
for God alone. It is the diet soda of motherhood:
instead of offering satisfaction, it leaves you endlessly
thirsting for more. Self-care buys into the world’s
wisdom of putting your needs front and center, but the
Bible tells us that true satisfaction and joy only come
through Jesus. When motherhood feels overwhelm-
ing, instead of adding self-care to your already too
long to-do list, meet with your Provider-God for
soul-care sustenance.
Soul-care and self-care may look the same from the
outside. They both may involve getting physical rest,
reading good literature, eating well, creating art, and
exercising. But self-care comes from the attitude of
self, of building your kingdom, of idolizing your own
needs. Soul-care seeks to know God better through
both His Word and His world and humbly accepting
your human limitations.
Self-care can’t give the kind of life that your weary body
truly needs. Jesus calls you to come to Him to learn and
rest, Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn
from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will
find rest for your souls (Matthew 11:28–29).
4 Methods to Transform
Your Rest from Self-Care
to Soul-Care
1. Remember who you are
First, soul-care admits that God made you from dust.
Your body and your abilities are finite. The lists you
create for your days are often beyond the abilities of
your human body. Here’s the issue with self-care: you
are not God.
Self-care inherently focuses on what you can do for
yourself, but soul-care turns your eyes upward for
God’s provision. By establishing that you can’t be God,
it frees you to accept your weaknesses then receive
His unending strength. Soul-care flows from the
humble recognition that our physical bodies are finite
and ineffectual, but God gives us supernatural grace
that is everything we need for life and godliness.
2. Remember whose you are
God the Father created you; Jesus redeemed you; the
Holy Spirit sanctifies you. Self-care is about taking
ownership and control of your physical needs. Soul-
care entrusts your needs to the God who created you,
sustains you, and saves you.
3. Give your mind true
oxygen
To be good soul-care, your method for rest must allow
you to learn more about God and draw nearer to Him.
Self-care aims to give physical and psychological
renewal, but soul-care accesses the true spiritual
oxygen your soul craves.
Last summer I spent a week in Colorado’s Summit
County for the first time. The first three days of the
trip, my body refused to transition to the scarcity of
oxygen. My mind was foggy and confused. I knew
I needed to be a watchful and wise mother in this
physically-dangerous environment, but my brain
couldn’t compute, wouldn’t focus.
This was actually a familiar feeling. As a mom, I often
feel muddled from lack of rest, unable to understand
how to practically apply wisdom to the intricate chal-
lenges of motherhood. I feel overwhelmed and unsure.
These are sure signs that I am depriving myself of
spiritual oxygen.
Moms, when you feel the need for self-care, the first
thing you should do is put your nose in your Bible and
breathe God’s Truth deeply into your soul. The Word
of God and the Truth of the Gospel will reorient your
thinking. They are the oxygen your brain needs to
correctly understand your circumstances.
4. Humble yourself to receive
spiritual transformation
Soul-care is about rest, but it’s also about sanctifica-
tion. Your regular self-care activities transform into
soul-care when they are a means of opening your heart
to the Holy Spirit. Pray for God to reveal Himself to you.
Recognize what a gift of amazing grace it is for the stony
places of your heart to be made into flesh. Confess your
sins and your utter inability to do life without God. Re-
mind yourself that in your weaknesses are opportunities
to receive God’s unending strength (2 Corinthians 12:9).
Let whatever activity you choose lead your heart to the
life-giving, life-changing awesomeness of God.
Dear Mom, if you’re exhausted, your soul will find
rest in God alone. If you feel weak, God will be your
strength. If your soul is desert-dry, God is the stream
of living water. When you feel attacked, God is your
refuge. When you lack wisdom, God provides it. When
motherhood is more than you can manage, don’t run
to self-care for the break the world says you deserve.
Instead, care for your soul by giving it more oxygen
from the pure, life-giving breath of God. 
[Republished with permission from ReviveOurHearts.com/blogs/.]
Maggie Combs is a wife, mom of three
boys, writer, and speaker. When
motherhood overwhelmed her, God drew
her closer to him through writing her first
book, Unsupermommy: Release
Expectations, Embrace Imperfection, and Connect to
God’s Superpower. Find more of her practical
application of the Gospel to motherhood at www.
UnsuperMommy.com or on Instagram and Facebook.
Visit the CHEC Blog for
more encouragement
at CHEC.org/blog
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CURRICULUM REVIEW
The filmmakers’ track has the campers working as the
film crew. They rotate through the positions and work
on everything from directing and sound recording,
to camera work and lighting. The campers gain an
impressive amount of experience in the fine arts of
camera angles, white noise, and the protocol used
on a set.
In 2018, the camp made a short film called Return on
Investment, based on the Parable of the Unforgiving
Servant and the Parable of the Talents. The campers
commented that attending the camp was one of the
best experiences of their lives. “We were not just
told what to do. We were shown what to do and
then we had a chance to actually do it!” one camper
exclaimed.
The campers were impressed that there was a strong
focus on how to glorify God through film while mak-
ing a quality film which glorifies Him. Additionally,
there was great comradery among the campers as
they did goofy things such as deciding to speak with
fake foreign accents as the filming went into the late
hours of the night! Alumni from previous camps have
gone on to begin their own production companies
and work on multiple projects, including documenta-
ries and independent feature-length films.
Now in its 12th year, the camp has helped train
scores of artists in the craft of filmmaking. To avoid
spending time in a classroom during the camp itself,
campers complete intense online training before at-
tending camp. Then students attend the camp, which
is a weeklong immersion into either filmmaking or
acting (with separate tracks for each) as the campers
film a short, original script. Ken states that the goal of
the camp is to “equip the next generation of Christian
filmmakers with the training and skills necessary to
effectively use the visual media for the glory of God.
We believe the best way to do this is with the small
group, hands-on method we use.”
Rich Swingle is the coach for the acting portion of
the camp. Rich has an impressive resume of acting
credits in film, stage, and audio drama. He teaches
the acting campers how to ‘get into character’ and
then ‘get out of character.’ [That’s acting lingo for put-
ting on a character’s actions and attitude just like one
puts on a costume.] At the 2018 camp, Rich arranged
a video conference with the Kendrick brothers’ acting
coach who was working on the set of Overcomer at
that time. She taught the campers the same acting
tips she was teaching the Kendrick brothers’ actors.
The acting track campers became the stars of the
short film being created at the camp.
Summer camps
can be a great way
to augment our
children’s educations.
Getting outdoors with
hands-on experiences
brings learning to life.
We have some wonderful opportunities for
summer camps here in Colorado, including
the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers
Camp and the Alpha Omega camps and day
excursions.
The Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmak-
ers Camp is held annually on the Western
Slope at Ministry Haven in Norwood, Colorado.
The camp was started by Ken Lawrence in 2007
after attending the San Antonio Christian Film
Festival. He felt Christian filmmakers needed
more hands-on training and instruction than
could be gained through a filmmakers confer-
ence or through workshops at a film festival. As
a result, he began inviting people experienced
in filmmaking to come as mentors to a weeklong
camp.
SUMMER
CAMPSBY CINDY PUHEK
CURRICULUM REVIEW
CURRICULUM REVIEW

This year, the Rocky Mountain Christian Filmmakers
Camp will be held June 23–29, 2019. To find out
more information and to register, visit their website at
ChristianFilmmakers.mykajabi.com.
Alpha Omega Institute (www.DiscoverCreation.
org) is a ministry located in Grand Junction, Colo-
rado. They are dedicated to equipping Christians to
answer questions about creation, evolution, and the
Bible while helping participants understand the foun-
dational importance of Genesis to Christian doctrine.
One way they do this is by hosting creation vacation
adventures. Participants experience the wonders
of God’s creation while receiving in-depth teaching
about the scientific basis of creationism.
This year, the Alpha Omega Institute is taking a group
to Yellowstone during Labor Day weekend (August 30
– September 3). Experienced teachers and frequent
CHEC conference speakers, Dave and Mary Jo Nut-
ting, will lead a bus tour through Yellowstone National
Park. While visiting all the famous sites within the
park, the teachers will work to equip families to
survive “the evolutionary, naturalistic worldview
philosophies that are so prevalent in our society
today.” The accommodations are rustic bunkhouses
with nearby bath houses, but this helps keep this all-
inclusive learning adventure very reasonably priced.
Upon request, Alpha Omega Institute also takes
groups on weeklong River and Rock Adventures held
in Colorado near the Royal Gorge. Groups can also
arrange for guided day trips to the Colorado National
Monument or to the Dinosaur Museum, which are
both located in western Colorado.
If you have actors, actresses, and filmmakers in need
of hands-on movie making experience in your house,
or if you would like to spend your vacation being
equipped to combat false philosophies, we have
wonderful resources right here in Colorado. Consider
spending a week in June at the Rocky Mountain
Christian Filmmakers Camp making a short film, and
discover the power of this media for telling God’s
story. Or spend some time in Yellowstone with the
Alpha Omega Institute, uncovering the lies of evolu-
tion and the beauty of God’s truth. 
Cindy Puhek resides in Colorado
Springs and has been married to
Peter for more than two decades.
They are well into their second
decade of homeschooling their six
children who range in age from toddler to high
schooler. Cindy holds a master's degree in
chemistry and has written dozens of articles to
encourage others in their homeschooling
journeys. You can visit her blog at www.
HomeschoolEnrichment.com/blogs.
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SERVING
Our journey into
homeschooling was
quite accidental.
My eldest daughter
was 11-years-old and
was attending public
school. At that time,
our second child
came along and
we were planning
to follow the
same path.
pumpkin pie has about a million things (maybe I’m
exaggerating a little) that my daughter is allergic to.
The school staff assured her that there was nothing
in the pie my daughter was allergic to. So, they
headed home, where our little 3-year-old started
digging in. Just a few moments after shoving some
pie into her cute little face, she began sneezing.
She kept on sneezing for about 20 minutes (not
exaggerating). Then came the wheezing. Then…
well, I will leave it to your imagination. We decided
at that moment to keep her at home! Thus began our
journey into homeschooling.
It is now 15 years later. We’ve since had three more
kids, homeschooling each of them from the start.
We brought our eldest home after the seventh
grade. She’s since graduated high school and is
married. My pie-eating 3-year-old is now a happy
PARTNER with CHEC
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We enrolled her, at 3-years-old, in a preschool
class for a couple of days a week. We didn’t think
much about some pretty severe food allergies she
had been diagnosed with because we figured the
school would take them as seriously as we did. After
detailing all of her allergies to the staff, including the
nurse, things went along okay for a while — until
November at least.
As Thanksgiving quickly approached that year, her
classmates worked diligently with their little hands
to create toddler-sized pumpkin pies to take home
and enjoy eating for the holiday. My wife picked
up our daughter from preschool that day and was
shocked when they gave her the handmade pie. If
you know my wife, you know she has a mind that
could be classified as a military-grade “allergy-
guided missile.” She knows from experience that
HomeschoolersBY CHRIS GALANEK
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classes.
The first lesson we learned about
homeschooling was that nobody would
care for our kids like we do. We’ve learned
many other lessons since then — including
that Christ must be at the center of everything
we do, including school, and that relationships
are both an emphasis and a fruit of home edu-
cation. As we live life together, we must learn
and grow together. Our relationships have never
been closer, and this is the fruit of our Christian
faith being lived out together.
Early on in our journey, some friends suggested
we check out Christian Home Educators of
Colorado. There, we found like-minded believ-
ers who shared many of the same goals we
had for our family. When we were offered an op-
portunity to serve with CHEC, we were excited
to give back and jumped right in. This led to a
position on the Rocky Mountain Homeschool
Conference Committee and eventually to my
wife and I serving as Conference Coordina-
tors. As seasons of life changed, and family
demands grew, we passed the baton to a new
generation of leaders. But that didn’t end our
involvement with the organization.
I am a Computer Scientist by education and
profession, serving a large bank in Colorado as
an Enterprise Solution Architect. There was a
place at CHEC for me to bring my professional
experience to bear as the organization’s IT
Manager, where I now help with general office
technology needs, as well as the continued
feature build-out and support of the CHEC In-
dependent School website. I am grateful for the
work I get to do for CHEC because it allows me
to serve Christ through an organization whose
mission and vision I support and believe in.
Do you have professional experience or skills
you could use in service for Christ? I encour-
age you to prayerfully consider if you
could use them to contribute to the many
needs in the ministry of CHEC. You can
click on the Sign Up to Volunteer button
at CHEC.org/connect/volunteer. 
Chris Galanek is an enterprise
solution architect in the
financial services industry,
where he focuses on providing
flexible and scalable solutions
and innovative thought leadership. He also
serves CHEC as IT Manager, and previously
served as Conference Coordinator for CHEC’s
annual homeschool conference. Chris has
been married to Jenny for 27 years, and they
have five children.
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 Wednesday, February 20, Homeschool Pro-
gram with Bird Conservatory of the Rockies
 Friday, March 8, All About Raptors homeschool
day with Bird Conservatory of the Rockies
 Saturday, March 9, free clay sculpting class by
the Parker Art Guild
 Friday, March 15, Homeschool Skate at Skate
City Littleton (12-2 pm)Contact Diane Ellison at
otdcellison@yahoo.com for more information
 Friday, April 12, Homeschool Skate at Skate
City Littleton
 Saturday, April 13, free graphite art class by the
Parker Art Guild
 Sunday, April 28, deadline for the Western
Governor’s Association “Celebrate the West”
art competition
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Are you looking for a spring/summer family volunteer project? Or do you have a few hours each month free?
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HOMESCHOOL TALENT
Do you play a musical instrument, sing, act, or speak? We want you! We're looking
for homeschool students and graduates to be a part of our general sessions
at the upcoming Rocky Mountain Homeschool Conference. It's a tremendous
opportunity to bless homeschool families with your gifts and experience
performing in front of a large audience. We have openings for instrumentalists,
vocalists, and orators, and we'd love for you to participate! Learn more at
RockyMountainHomeschoolConference.com/audition.
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tremendous team of volunteers who keep things going — and
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17-18
13-15
Visit CHEC.org/events to learn more!

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HOMESCHOOL GRADUATION CEREMONY
MAY 17TH
AND 18TH
IN ELIZABETH AND LITTLETON
celebrate YOUR
STUDENT’S HIGH
SCHOOL graduation
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
■ Pomp and Circumstance as graduates and parents enter
■ Special music sung during the ceremony
■ Commencement address and charge to the graduates
■ Parents’ presentation of the diplomas
WE TAKE CARE OF ALL THE COORDINATION!
Your registration includes participation in the ceremony,
a cap and gown, a printed diploma and cover, and ceremony
programs. (Optional photo/video package also available.)
Registration
deadline
APRIL 30
plan now to join the celebration!Register at CHEC.org/events/graduation

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