Andy Jones could have asked for anything for his 13th birthday. Most 13 year old boys I know would’ve asked for a bike, a video game, a gadget of some kind–but not Andy Jones. Instead, the homeschool student from North Carolina gave up receiving birthday gifts to help animals in need.
Andy Jones asked his friends and family to give him pet food to help homeless pets at the Blue Ridge Humane Society. Jones felt bad that those animals don’t have a home so he decided to help them out. Jones also works with goats at the Carl Sandburg National Historic Site.
Homeschoolers all across the nation should be proud of Jones and his commendable actions towards helping animals in need. What sort of projects are you and your homeschooling family taking on to help others in need? We’d love to hear about it. The summer is a great time to plan a project with your homeschooling family to help your neighbors, church, or even total strangers!
As Olympic organizers in China are preparing for hosting the world at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Christian groups all across the world are planning to spread the good news of The Gospel to Olympic attendees.
Among the growing list of Christian groups are The Southern Baptists who are planning on sending thousands of volunteers to spread the word of God “through humanitarian work, sports clinics, first aid sites, and other projects.”
Despite China’s ban on foreign missionaries, Christians from all over the world are planning to attend in groups of hundreds and thousands. Millions of Chinese men and women risk imprisonment by attending the illegal underground Christian church network in China, but God has blessed China despite the government’s efforts to keep Christianity out of the country! It is not clear how many Christians currently live in China, but some experts say that the number is over 100 million.
Read more about Christians going to the 2008 Summer Olympics in China and the struggles that Chinese Christians face everyday.
Have any of you gone on a mission trip? What was it like? What did God reveal to you in that mission?
So says CNN. One of the most recognizeable, controversial, and influential evangelical Christians of our time, Jerry Falwell played a large role in the mobilization of modern Christianity towards political efforts. In other words, he made religion a political platform.
We at The Southern Baptist Academy would like to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the Falwell family as well as to the larger family of Christians in Lynchburg, VA. He was surely a well-loved and highly admired man.
He was not admired by all, largely due to his steadfast devotion to traditional family values and outspoken criticism of the moral relativism of the Left. Rev. Falwell has surely made his mark on modern American Christianity. As such, it has been said that he was a lightening rod for his beliefs. May we all express the same moral steadfastness that this great church leader showed throughout life.
I came across this video on YouTube from The Old Schoolhouse that does a pretty good job of reminding us why we homeschool. Seeing the smiling faces on those kids reminded me of all the good memories I have from homeschooling my children.
This video does a great job of illustrating the failures of the public school and lining them up with the benefits of homeschooling.
These several slides represent many years of time and effort taken towards training up children in the way that they should go. Homeschooling families everywhere deserve a round of applause for dedicating their lives to the spiritual and intellectual growth of their children.
John Stossel’s “Stupid in America” documentary is available on YouTube. It’s not a new video by any means, but I have never seen a more compelling argument against the public school system. If you know any naysayers who have yet to realize the benefits of homeschooling, simply send them a quick link to this YouTube page.
It’s a clear, understandable, well-presented documentary that illustrates the consistent failure of the public school system to meet the needs of the public. When will we ever learn that public programs can’t beat good old competition? It’s almost comical to watch the teacher’s unions seriously declare that “Anything is possible with money.” Homeschoolers, spread the word about this message.
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