Let's Talk Homeschool

This is the introduction to a new series titled: How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You? We'll call it "How Many Times" for short or "HMT" for super short.

Rachael and I went to the 51st annual March for Life in Washington DC on January 19, 2024. We had a big day planned with a breakfast, the rally and march mid-day, and the Rose Dinner gala in the evening. Little did we know that our day would be significantly altered, but it stayed on point with the theme for the weekend. Listen in to hear the story.

In this episode, I interview Dalia Monterroso, the self-proclaimed president of Chickenlandia. She keeps chickens in the pacific northwest.

In this episode, we conclude our series on "Doing Family" by briefly reviewing all 10 themes we covered over the last year.

This is part 4 of a 4-part series on the topic of marriage, love, commitment, conflict, romance, and unity. The speaker is Jerry McCaghren, Rachael's dad.

This is part 3 of a 4-part series on the topic of marriage, love, commitment, conflict, romance, and unity. The speaker is Jerry McCaghren, Rachael's dad

This is part 2 of a 4-part series on the topic of marriage, love, commitment, conflict, romance, and unity. The speaker is Jerry McCaghren, Rachael's dad.

This is part 1 of a 4-part series on the topic of marriage, love, commitment, conflict, romance, and unity. The speaker is Jerry McCaghren, Rachael's dad.

As a way to introduce the 4-part series titled Lord of The Rings, which will air each Monday in February, I interview the presenter: Pastor Jerry McCaghren (aka my father-in-law...Rachael's Dad) and his bride of 60 years, Nancy (my mother-in-law, Rachael's Mom).

This is a short devotional based on Psalm 139.

In this episode, we look back to the 1790's when the world's population had reached one billion and Thomas Malthus introduced his theory that the world was facing sever famines and starvation. Then we move to the 1960's when the world's population reached three billion and Paul Ehrlich wrote a book titled: Population Bomb.

What educational options require conviction? Homeschooling is definitely going to be on that list. And Al Mohler recently said on The Briefing that he believes every family needs to think of their family as a school. We blend both ideas into this show.

We are close to finishing this series titled: Doing Family. In this show we talk about evening and bedtime routines with infants, toddlers, elementary-aged children, and teens.

We start every year with an episode on planning, goal setting, commitments, and that dreaded word...resolutions. In this show, we remind you to set action items that you can control to finish big projects, develop your character, improve your life. We're glad to send you our templates. Make your request by sending an email to podcast@apologia.com

Every year at Christmas, we play this dramatization of the Christmas story. Rachael plays the role of Mary, a young mother to be, as she remembers that historic day when she became the mother of God's Son. The show includes an original son from the perspective of one of Jesus's siblings. It's titled: This Brother of Mine. And the episode concludes with a gospel message.

In this Advent season, you might be looking to the skies and thinking about stars. In this show, I interview Damian Ludwiczak, NASA scientist and author of Apologia's 7th-12th grade course titled: Exploring Creation with Astronomy.

For years, we had a family tradition of watching a movie trilogy (ex: Lord of the Rings) on New Year's Eve. This usually involved our teens inviting their friends, and included breakfast, lunch, dinner, and games during intermissions. Tune in to hear more of what this event was like for our family.

In this episode, we encourage families to "Do Family" by taking the first 6-8 weeks of bringing a newborn home and really focusing on them, even if this means stepping away from "school" for a period of time.

In this show, Davis interviews Abbie Halberstadt. She is a homeschooling mama of 10 and author of two books: M is for Mama and Hard is Not the Same as Bad.

A recent Washington Post article reports that homeschooling has been the fastest growing form of education in the last three years growing 50% compared to only 7% for private schools and a 4% decline in the number of public school students.