The IAHE Blog

What frustrates you most as a parent? For me--disciplining the same behavior over. . .and over. . .and over. I often find myself saying, "Are we here again?!" Why can't my children simply learn the lesson? Why can't they just do what I say? They know this misbehavior...

I wasn't yet a mother when I first heard of the 'Terrible Two's'.  I have to tell you I was really troubled by the term.  It wasn't that I feared what would befall our household when we, Lord willing, would have a two-year-old of our own.  No, it was the fact that the...

"They put a purple robe on Him and twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on Him. And they began to call out, to Him 'Hail, King of the Jews!' Again and again they struck Him on the head with a staff and spit on Him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to...

"How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! The sum of Your word is truth." Psalm 119:103, 160a About ten years ago, we had just moved to a new community and were visiting churches, looking for a new church home.  I walked into the...

"It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting,  Because that [death] is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart." Ecclesiastes 7:2 This week my husband went literally to a house of mourning, and though our schedule did not...

“In his heart a man plans his course, but the Lord determines his steps.” Proverbs 16:9 Fresh from the convention—renewed by speakers, encouraged by fellow home schoolers, inspired for next year—we find planning our course easy. That’s good. God desires us to plan....

"Are your children always like this?" asked the pastor of the church a family was visiting. Mom glanced at her brood--sitting perfectly straight in the chairs, talking in whispers. "Not a chance!" "Good. For a minute I was worried you wouldn't fit in here." Why...

“Where in the world. . .” I frantically searched the cupboards, the dishwasher, the kitchen counters. Where in the world were my pots? Behind schedule as usual, I just needed a pot to steam the veggies for a quick dinner before heading the family out the door. I...

Thanks to Tess for Red Trucks and Rotten Bones.  How very true!  Jealousy and discontent can kill your joy in a flash.  Yet gratitude and contentment can restore it.A year or so ago, our son wrote about how God worked in his heart on just such a theme. (The background...