Tag: inner development
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Freewill and the Education of Our Youth
Do we have freewill? And, what does this question have to do with how we raise our youth? Many, especially in the West, assert that we have freewill, absolutely. Indeed, this is for what so many battles have been fought starting with the American Revolution. Others, especially in the East, would perhaps deny freewill, saying…
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What Do We Talk About in Teen Empowerment?
A few years ago, we began a weekly Teen Empowerment Class here at Enkindle Academy to address the meaning crisis emerging in our precious youth. In this post, we will elaborate what we talk about in this class and why it matters so much. First, let’s explore what it means to empower teens. Fundamentally, it…
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Creating the Optimal Homeschool Learning Environment
In this post, we discuss creating the optimal homeschool learning environment. When you homeschool, your home is the classroom and you and/or your spouse are the teachers. That might sound obvious, but if you’ve never taught in a classroom, it might not be clear what exactly that means. Even if you have, certain things bear…
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The Spiritual Guidance of Youth
Today’s youth are getting wrong messages about what it means to be free. These erroneous ideas spread on social media faster than a brush fire in Colorado. They convey ideas like, “Freedom is having unlimited choices and experiences… Happiness comes from getting everything you want… Change your appearance, change your life,” etc. These messages lead…
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The Relationship Between Love and Learning
What’s love got to do with it? In a previous post, we explored how to cultivate a love of learning in children. In this post, we will take it a step further in exploring the relationship between love and learning by looking at techniques and outcomes of how we educate our children. First, we have…
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The Separation of School and State
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We’ve all heard the term, “The separation of church and state.” This principle is a fundamental tenet of American democracy. Its function is to prevent any one religion from dominating American political life. Understood differently, it also prevents the realm of culture from dominating that of legal rights. However, this boundary should go both ways.…
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Human Stewardship
Human stewardship means the human being is a/the steward of nature. This is most often found in theological ideas who believe God has entrusted and endowed us with the capacity to steward nature effectively. Growing numbers of adults and students resist this idea. In fact, some look at humans as a virus that, perhaps, the…
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The Danger of Materialistic-Reductionism in Education (and What to Do About It)
It goes without saying that the physical is part of reality. We wouldn’t get very far denying that. However, is the physical all there is? Many people these days would answer “yes” or “probably” to this materialistic reductionism. It is the trend of modern cultural life, particularly in the West, and it has destructive, deadening…
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Developing Forward-Backward Thinking
In this post, we are going to discuss forward-backward thinking and how our curriculum – especially our Creative Writing and science classes – develops this. Now, you may be asking yourself, “What does he mean by forward-backward thinking?” Let me explain. Typically, we only think forwards because that is what we use to navigate the…
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The Role of Pain in Transformation
It may sound strange for a homeschooling blog to write about the role of pain in transformation. However, one of our students brought this question up recently in our Teen Empowerment Class. It is, therefore, relevant to our students as well as their parents. We ought therefore to inquire into our relationship with this troublesome…