What Does the Bible Really Say? (Part 1)

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Have you ever heard a statement made that is claimed to be biblical and thought, “Where is that? Is that really what it says?” Have you then gone to the scripture to look it up? If you haven’t, you should. The only place to seek the truth is to read it, but be mindful that the translations we read are not 100% accurate. None of them. The men who translated the Bible, most would have done so with no ill intent ; however, it was impossible to translate the original Hebrew and Greek into, for example, English, in a one-for-one sort of way because the alphabet would be different and words would not have existed, and even the meanings of words could be different. Do the work ; look it up. No matter how good you think your understanding is, I can almost guarantee you have heard and believed things thought to be from the Bible that are not in there. It doesn’t matter how good you think your pastor is or how much you trust him. He may also just be repeating these Christian sentiments that are not biblical out of tradition. I’ve been a Christian for over 30 years, and I’ve heard a lot of teaching and preaching in that time, and I’ve also been convicted of things over that time, and sometimes it’s, “Is that really what the Bible says? Where is that?” It’s not only good for you to question what you hear ; you should, and then look for the answer in the scripture , not man. I’m not going to pretend I know everything ; I don’t. My goal here is not to make you believe me or convince you of my thoughts, feelings , and opinions. My goal is to help you think and ask the questions, but more importantly , to search for the truth so that you may grow in your knowledge and relationship with Christ.

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Coming Soon

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Hello everyone. In the coming near future you will probably begin to see a shift of focus here and a “rebranding” of my blog. If you’ve visited here before you know that my journey as a homeschool mom has come to an end, however, I still want to help anyone interested in homeschooling in the state of Pennsylvania as much as I can, therefore, I do not intend to remove all my previous posts, free documents, or information. I will remove posts that are not relevant anymore in effort to declutter. Today I’ve changed the name of the blog and what it’s going to be about. It will take me some time to figure out how to set this up (how to change everything in WordPress without affecting my live site) in a way that makes sense and re-creating logos, etc, but I wanted to keep the blog updated for now. I do intend to return to posting soon but it will no longer be about homeschooling. However, you can still read everything I’ve written since 2017. If I become aware of changes to the home education law in this state in the future I may update accordingly or I may end up eventually removing everything so as not to provide incorrect information to new families. Just to be transparent, my plan for the future of this blog is spread the light of Jesus Christ by sharing what I’ve learned, what I’m reading, what I’m studying, and any other random thoughts that can spread his Gospel. We’ll see how that goes. I do hope if you’ve been here before that you’ll come back. I have a lot of things I need to plan out but for now, that’s what I can tell you.

UPDATE 10/25/2025 : I think I’ve finally figured out how to reorangize my blog to be able to keep my posts about homeshooling active but seperate from new things. You will likley see changes happening every so often until everything is worked out. I will continue to edit this post in the process.

Thanks for your paitience.

Graduation 2025

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Last month (May) my last child completed her home education and had her final law required evaluation. This has been a case of mixed emotions for me. I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to facilitate education of my children at home using the materials we wanted to use and what they wanted to study. I’ve enjoyed the freedom we had to shape our days any way we wanted and allowed them to explore topics they were interested in, all the while checking off the requirements in the law text. I got to watch my children grow and teach them my values and from our Christian worldview. I never minded the sacrifice of my time or money to do it. It was way beyond worth it to keep them out of the public school system. My children never suffered academically or socially. But now that chapter is over, so what’s next for this former homeschool mom? I just don’t know. Not yet. I wish in some respects that I was qualified to be an evaluator for other home educating families, but I wouldn’t meet the law requirements. I want to keep the resources here on my blog for however long they are relevant for anyone needing help or forms to print out. But, I also want to transition my blog into something more relevant to where I’m at right now. I have other blogs floating around the internet that I just am not going to resurrect and not ready to let this one go. For now, nothing is going to change but posts may cease until I decide on a direction to go.

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Future of the Blog

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Just a quick note today to say that I have some ideas for the future of this blog. I don’t necessarily want to remove the important information contained here for anyone looking to homeschool in Pennsylvania (USA), or remove the free documents you can use to comply with the law, but I will no longer be homeschooling after May of this year (2025). My last child is graduating. I will probably not keep up to date with future changes to the home education law, but if I do, I will try to report them to you. The name of my blog is probably going to change and I will likely move homeschool related topics to a different section of the blog. I will most likely remove any posts that don’t relate to staying in compliance with the home education law or don’t contain advice/tips, for example, on preparing a transcript. Reviews of curriculum will probably be removed as curriculum gets updated from the publishers. If I can not keep the information current, than other articles are likely to be removed. I will be starting a new chapter as my time of being a homeschool mom ends. I’ll be waiting on the Lord to know what that is. For now, please read, and share, and use the resources I’ve provided to you for free. Keep in mind nothing in this blog is legal advice and is of my own opinion from my own experience and extensive research into the topics I cover. Download the free documents I’ve provided and feel free to share them on your blog or with others you know. As long as this blog stays up, crediting me is appreciated.

The final year

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After 7 years of homeschooling my children I am down to my last 7 months and my remaining child will be finished with her 8th school year at home and officially graduated. She began learning at home at the beginning of her 5th grade school year while her brother began at the beginning of his 7th grade school year and has been attending college since last fall. It’s a strange place to be in and if you’re a veteran home education parent you probably understand. This has been a journey and its been wonderful. There is some relief in being done as well as…what now? I’m excited and maybe a bit sad at the same time. Even brick and mortar school parents feel this way, except my job for 7 years has been that of home educator, supervisor, instructor, counselor, administrator, etc. My job is ending. My children aren’t leaving the nest yet, and that will be a whole other experience. My son attends a somewhat local school so he’s able to live at home to help him save money. My daughter is still undecided what she wants to do post graduation, and that’s okay. Right now she is thinking of working for now and decide on school or whatever later and not rush in to anything. Even her brother ended up changing his mind in college by changing his major (completely normal).

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