Ginny’s Gems

by Mary Anslinger I do feel strongly about an education. When I was younger, I never really appreciated my schooling and the work my parents invested in teaching me. To ...

by Karen Reep | I wanted a career, many children, a beautiful home and two cars/SUVS in the driveway. I pushed myself harder, believing that earning this degree would save us all...

There is an old joke that young women go to college in pursuit of the MRS degree. Of course, this is not entirely true. Women obviously have an interest in ...

by Lorraine Espenhain | If you don’t nurture the spirit within you through prayer and spiritual reading, your "flesh" is going to get the upper hand...

by John Clark | Why does the horse laugh at fear? Why is he so excited to go into battle? The answer is simple: because the horse loves his master, and he knows his master loves Him.

by Dave Armstrong | Calvin: Good! I think they might convert you to Reformed Protestantism. Plato: Falsehoods (even partial ones accompanied by much truth) are not allowed in heaven, so that is not possible.

by Emily Molitor | The easy answer seems to be yes. For when we fall into a pattern of complaining, it can quickly become interior as well as exterior.

Abby Sasscer is a wife, homeschooling mother of three, author, and speaker. In 2004, Abby’s family moved to a cottage to practice voluntary simplicity. In 2008, she founded Project Nazareth and continues to spread the message of simple living by writing books and speaking for church groups.

Mary Ellen Barrett gives some great advice in dealing with frustrations that mothers had with boys & writing. Here are some great ideas to help!

St. Alphonsus Liguori believed that the reading of holy books for spiritual answers was just as essential in the life of a Christian as prayer.

Answer these questions: 1) Pope St. _ the Great has a calendar and a type of church music named after him. 2) St. Peter _ baptized and ministered to many thousands of African slaves.

by John Clark | Has anyone else noticed that coffee has become the financial “fall guy” lately? We live in an age of bailouts, zombie banks, troubled assets, and more troubled liabilities, yet coffee is often pointed to as the real financial problem.

by Ginny Seuffert | I’ve been touting the benefits homeschooled students derive from sports and exercise for years. Let me share ten of the best reasons to get your kids moving.

Most Marian apparitions provide a message and a miracle. However, Mary did not speak during her visit to Knock, Ireland, in 1879.

by Mary Kay Clark | First, throw away or give away everything you can. If you haven’t used something in the last ten years, what are the chances you will ever need it again?

Download this 'The Saints for September' Word Puzzle! A fun activity to for all ages! Search for these words: Claver, Cross, Damian, Gregory, Jerome, John, Matthew, Name, Pio, Robert, Sorrows, Vincent.

by Lorraine Espenhain | When we don't discipline ourselves to read the Sacred Scriptures on a daily basis, how can that Word go to work in us?

by John Clark | 1) Common Core is about testing. Homeschooling is about learning. 2) Common Core...

by Bob Wiesner | College life can be hectic, even frantic at times. Collegiate studies demand a great deal of time and energy.

by a White Fathers Missionary | The public schools faltered but homeschools did not and education continued. In Bantu Africa, it really takes and needs a village to educate a child.