Children Behaving Well in Church

May 1, 2024

There are some strategies I think can contribute to it going well for young children and the family during a church service. A family being able to sit together with self control and worship without significant distraction is a great blessing and something worth laboring for. A lot of the work to make it possible is done at home during the rest of the week. Some seasons are harder to achieve this than others. Keep at it! It is worthy work.

Below are tactics I think help it happen. I am not saying these are the only way, but I hope it could stir up some ideas that are helpful to you.

“If you want to hurt the devil, hit him over the head with a cradle.” Billy Sunday

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Creating Your Own Family Summer Reading Program

April 15, 2024

Rachel Schultz

I’ve done a Summer Reading Program for our family for a few years and I get questions about what we do and how it works. With some different tweaks and experimentation, I have found the way I like to do it best. I also do some adjustments for ages and reading ability. Looking back through my files, I tried to see how many pages kids usually read each summer.

A couple years ago my son read 2,500 pages. My daughter was around 1,800 pages. They are elementary age and that was reading 15-20 chapter books. Reading is a BIG part of our family culture.

We are huge fans of making a Family Summer Reading Program! Below is how I do it.

“Visit many good books, but live in the Bible.” Charles Spurgeon

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Economic Classes of Wives

April 2, 2024

Rachel Schultz

How do homemakers’ work differ based on how much money their husbands earn? In what ways must their work be the same? Let’s begin with the definition of a “good provider,” referring to husbands. Often people call a man a “good provider” as a codeword for that he makes a lot of money. But, I don’t think that is only how we should define a “good” provider.

Any man can be a good provider if he has a vision for his livelihood and he is hard working. A pig farmer who has a plan that he wants to always be a pig farmer and in his vision that will likely not make ever more than a few thousand dollars a month is not a bad provider. He is providing a stable, beautiful vision for his family and work.

“Stable” does not mean a man in sales isn’t a good provider because one month he makes x and another month he makes 2x. He as well is the right kind of stable and predictable as a provider if he has a vision for his career and isn’t lazy.

No women should speak poorly to other people about the amount her husband provides her.

It is important for homemakers to acknowledge that upperclass, working class, and middle class housewives have different experiences. All can be faithful, home oriented wives.

Upper class women should not lose their vision for being centered around the home because they have freedom to hire out certain tasks. A working class wife should not abandon being a homemaker all together because she needs more money. Middle class women have some experiences of both groups.

No class of women should give in to any forms of 1) envy or 2) boredom.

How can each class be faithful and home oriented?

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