Formation of Character is the fifth volume of Charlotte Mason's Homeschooling series. The chapters stand alone and are valuable to parents of children of all ages. Part I includes case studies of children (and adults) who cured themselves of bad habits. Part II is a series of reflections on subjects including both schooling and vacations (or "stay-cations" as we now call them). Part III covers various aspects of home schooling, with a special section detailing the things that Charlotte Mason thought were important to teach to girls in particular. Part IV consists of examples of how education affected outcome of character in famous writers of her day. Charlotte Mason was a late nineteenth-century British educator whose ideas were far ahead of her time. She believed that children are born persons worthy of respect, rather than blank slates, and that it was better to feed their growing minds with living literature and vital ideas and knowledge, rather than dry facts and knowledge filtered and pre-digested by the teacher. Her method of education, still used by some private schools and many homeschooling families, is gentle and flexible, especially with younger children, and includes first-hand exposure to great and noble ideas through books in each school subject, conveying wonder and arousing curiosity, and through reflection upon great art, music, and poetry; nature observation as the primary means of early science teaching; use of manipulatives and real-life application to understand mathematical concepts and learning to reason, rather than rote memorization and working endless sums; and an emphasis on character and on cultivating and maintaining good personal habits. Schooling is teacher-directed, not child-led, but school time should be short enough to allow students free time to play and to pursue their own worthy interests such as handicrafts. Traditional Charlotte Mason schooling is firmly based on Christianity, although the method is also used successfully by secular families and families of other religions.

Why has the Serenity Prayer become one of the top three prayers in the world? This prayer strikes a common cord within all humankind. Life can knock the breath out of you. The Serenity Prayer can breathe within you the breath of life. A surge of spiritual energy can enhance coping skills. Letting go what you cannot change grants productive freedom. You will not be chasing after rabbits avoiding futile habits. This book applies the prayer to 10 common aspects of life resulting in a Serenity Prayer lifestyle. The probing questions and exercises at the end of each chapter can help you in the prayer's application. This book's purpose is three fold. First, it will enable you to heal. Secondly, you will have the wisdom to accept reality and courage to fulfill your possibilities. Thirdly, you will develop priceless hope. This hope can grant determination and prevent your goals from extermination.

Contents of this reference work include the Apostles' Creed, the Nicene Creed, the Athanasian Creed, The Heidelberg Catechism, The Canons of Dordt, The Belgic Confession, and theTheological Declaration of Barmen.

The things I've written about in this book reflect my approach to life, that approach is "common sense." The scientific laws I"ve written about are proven facts of science that can be found elaborated on in numerous sources and the Bible verses are I've quoted are right out of the King James Version Bible. Whether looking at science, the Bible or how to build a house, I want to know what makes sense. Certainly all answers to life are not simple, but there is no reason to accept complicated nonsense for an answer if by common sense the question can be reasoned and answered. I was nominated for an appointment to West Point during my junior year in high school but because of some heart changing decisions I made just before and during my senior year, I chose to go to Bible college instead. I have served the Lord as a laymen in the church all of my adult life and worked in the secular world, mostly in the construction industry as a contractor. I have had a passion about the creation vs. evolution subject since my teens and have read and studied everything I've gotten in my possession, whether pro creation or pro evolution. I have listened diligently when the subject was being taught and have watched numerous evolution programs on educational and documentary television programs. Everything I read, heard or saw on the subject, caused me to do deeper studies. When all is said and done and all hoaxes, errors, contradictions, and impossibilities are eliminated, what is still left standing and makes common sense, is creation I hope this book will give some Christians the ammunition to withstand Atheistic confrontations and that it may also win some nonbelievers over to understand that there really is a Creator God.

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Your kids need you

You need look no further than the latest headlines to realize that parenting has become more difficult―and kids of every age still need engaged, involved parents. Now, more than ever, your children need you

In this best-selling book, Dr. Charles Stanley reminds parents that their stewardship role in raising their children requires a hands-on presence. Are you interested―and participating―in their activities, or are you too busy? Do you treat their childhood crises with the importance they deserve, or are these events trivialized? Are you communicating to them your unconditional love? To keep your children on your team, Dr. Stanley asserts, you must let them know that you are on theirs.

Dr. Stanley guides you as you learn to create and maintain loving, loyal parent-child relationships, using these four main themes:

• Children are a gift from God.
• You should treat them with love and respect.
• You should hand down to them your faith, instilling in them moral values.
• You should demonstrate your own accountability to God.

By focusing on these things, you can raise confident, happy, self-controlled kids who will hold fast to the values you've taught them.

" . . . and when he is grown, he will not depart from it."

Enriched by personal anecdotes from this internationally known author, "How to Keep Your Kids on Your Team" is a must-have for today's Christian parents and includes a study and discussion guide at the end.

Center Stage covers both history and prophecy. The word history, is considered "his" "story." Many people young and mature, love a good story and Center Stage captures the story of this prophetic account of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 2, in an interesting and informative way, that a child can read and understand. Center Stage shows how this one dream affects kings and kingdoms from B.C. to the end of time. The account is about real countries and real people that we read about and in some cases know. Some readers might even have had encounters with some of these people and events. It also shows how each of us on planet earth is affected by the events of this story and prophecy, which has now taken "Center Stage" and in the future another wonderful book will be published and that is entitled promises and prayers by the author. .