Rest in the Homeschool Trench

Do you need to take a break today? Maybe you would love a nap or vacation. Today we're looking at needing to pause to be renewed and able to continue. Let's look at 5 cues you need to take a break today, a moment to pause and seek Jesus so you can be renewed and return to your work of parenting and homeschooling.

What are your thoughts about the idea of rest? Maybe rest seems like an impossibility, too good to be true. Maybe rest seems like a lazy, easy way out for a homeschool mom. Do we really understand what true rest is? Let's look at 5 common misconceptions about rest.

You've been busy preparing for your new homeschool year. Hopefully, you're already convinced that the best way to prepare is by intentionally praying.  But what are you going to pray? Praying Scripture is always a good idea, so today we're looking at 10 verses you can pray for your homeschool year.

You;ve been diligent in preparing for your family's homeschool year by considering your activities, buying curriculum, and creating schedules. Hopefully, you have prepared yourself mentally just in case the plan doesn't work exactly as expected. But have you done the most important thing to prepare for your homeschool year? Let's find out.

As the beginning of the homeschool year draws near, you have probably been busy preparing. Are you mentally prepared that things might not go as expected? Are you emotionally prepared to continue even if homeschool life gets hard? Let's talk about 3 ways we as homeschool moms can prepare mentally and emotionally for the upcoming homeschool year.

It's almost time to start your homeschool year. Are you ready? Today, I have ten questions for you to consider as you finish your preparations and prepare to start back to school.

What do your homeschool mornings look like? Are they filled with joy and peace? If not, maybe it's time to focus on something different first thing in the morning. Let's look at one more joyful morning habit to help you build a joyful homeschool.

Have you ever wished someone would bring you dinner at the end of a hard day? Do you ever long for a note of thanks for the way you serve others in church or at co-op? As we continue our conversation about Joyful Morning Habits, let's look at one more simple step we can take each day to cultivate joy in our hearts and our homeschools.

Hey homeschool mommas! Welcome back the the Rest in the Trench podcast. It's been a little while. Where have I been? The short story: depression. I hit a rough season last fall and fizzled on creating new podcast episodes. Today, I want to share a little more of my story, a few steps I took to come out of that season, and a few anchors from Scripture that helped me through it.

What do you do first in the morning? As we're building joyful morning habits, what we focus on first matters. So today we're talking about focusing on magnifying Jesus first thing in the morning.