Articles by author: David Bailey
What Are We Thinking?
Americans solve problems, explore new realms, and question authority. After all, the first European settlers on our continent crossed the ocean to find greater freedom and new opportunities. These adventurous, independent settlers and immigrants laid the foundation for...
Joy at Every Phase
by David
Friday, 11 January, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 11 January, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Early on in my parenting experience, I determined to enjoy every stage of the process. That was after I discovered the joys of unraveling the mysteries of lactation with a newborn and operating on four hours of sleep. People often told us, “Enjoy your children while...
Time to Reflect
by David
Friday, 28 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
Friday, 28 December, 2012
categories: Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life
During the holiday season I enjoy the opportunity for reflection. At the year’s end life can be busy, but I like to make time to take a deep breath and think.
I find it helpful to take a few steps back and look at my life. I see how my children have grown, I look at...
A Community of Life
I believe there is no greater feeling of wholeness than the feeling of belonging. We can truly thrive when we find a community in which we can be ourselves and know that we will be loved.
Charlie Brown’s Christmas tree provides a metaphor for us: Linus saw Charlie...
You Cannot Float Upstream
You never know what you are going to get when a dozen men take off for a weekend together in the name of Jesus, especially if their wives load the vehicles with gourmet meals, plus caffeine and sugar.
This is what some of the men from our church did last weekend. We...