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Teaching from rest, a homeschooler's guide to unshakable peace, Sarah Mackenzie ; foreword by Dr. Christopher Perrin

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88)

illustrations

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non fiction

Teaching from rest

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Sarah Mackenzie ; foreword by Dr. Christopher Perrin

a homeschooler's guide to unshakable peace

In the book of Philippians we are told to be anxious over nothing, and yet we are anxious over everything. We worry that our students will be "behind," that they won't score well on the SAT, get into a good college, or read enough of the Great Books. Our souls are restless, anxiously wondering if something else out there might be just a little bit better -- if maybe there is another way or another curriculum that might prove to be superior to what we are doing now. God doesn't call us to this work and then turn away to tend to other, more important matters. He promises to stay with us. He assures us that if we rely on Him alone, then He will provide all that we need. What that means on a practical level is that we have to stop fretting over every little detail. We need to stop comparing. We've got to drop the self-inflated view that we are the be-all-end-all of whether the education we are offering our students is going to be as successful as we hope it is. After all, our job is not to be successful -- success itself is entirely beside the point. It's faithfulness that He wants

Introduction: I shouldn't have written this book -- Before you read this book -- Whose "well done" are you working for? -- Curriculum is not something you buy -- Be who you are!