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Complete First Year Podcasts

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Podcasts 1-50, March 2, 2007 – February 29, 2008

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February 29, 2008
The Book We Wish Someone Would Write – Part 4
Fourth part of the conversation I shared with Corrie Marnett where we talk about the top ten things we wish someone would write in a book for homeschooling moms.

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February 22, 2008
The Book We Wish Someone Would Write – Part 3
Third part of the conversation I shared with Corrie Marnett where we talk about the top ten things we wish someone would write in a book for homeschooling moms.

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February 15, 2008
The Book We Wish Someone Would Write – Part 2
Second part of the conversation I shared with Corrie Marnett where we talk about the top ten things we wish someone would write in a book for homeschooling moms.

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February 8, 2008
The Book We Wish Someone Would Write – Part 1
First part of the conversation I shared with Corrie Marnett where we talk about the top ten things we wish someone would write in a book for homeschooling moms.

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February 1, 2008
Where Do I Go to Resign?- Part 2
thatmom discusses three causes for spiritual depression in the life of the homeschooling mom

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January 25, 2008
Where Do I Go to Resign?- Part 1
thatmom’s helpful suggestions for the mom who is ready to throw in the towel

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January 18, 2008
Homeschoolers and the Culture – Part 2
examining how homeschoolers relate to the culture in light of Niebuhr’s 5 principles of Christianity and the culture.

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January 4, 2008
Homeschoolers and the Culture – Part 1
examining how homeschoolers relate to the culture in light of Niebuhr’s 5 principles of Christianity and the culture.

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December 21, 2007
Long John Christmas
thatmom shares Christmas memories from the blizzard of 1983.

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December 14, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 6
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ thatmom Karen Campbell presents part 2 of Mom on a Mission, a discussion of the differences between a woman’s purpose in life, her individual callings, and ever-changing roles.

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December 7, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 5
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ thatmom Karen Campbell presents part 1 of Mom on a Mission, a discussion of the differences between a woman’s purpose in life, her individual callings, and ever-changing roles.

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November 30, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 4
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ today’s podcast features homeschooling mom Corrie Marnett from the St. Louis area sharing her life as the homeschooling mom of 10 children.

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November 23, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 3
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ today’s podcast features homeschooling mom Nicole Green from Danville, Illinois as she talks about the many things the Lord is teaching her along her homeschooling journey.

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November 16, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 2
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ today’s podcast features homeschooling mom Marla Laugherty and the testimony of God’s grace in her life.

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November 9, 2007
Treasures of a Mother’s Heart 2007 Series – Part 1
excerpts from the 5th annual retreat held in Peoria, IL ~ today’s podcast features long time homeschooling mom, Jeannie Bauer, sharing her thoughts on the challenges of teaching children who are on their own timetable

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November 2, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 9
Thatmom’s Conclusion on Patriarchy ~ concluding this series on patriarchy and the homeschooling movement by discussing grace based vs curse based relationships

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October 26, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 8
Fifth part of the interview with Karen Braun(Spunky Homeschool Mom) Visionary Daughters Part 2

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October 19, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 7
Fourth part of the interview with Karen Braun(Spunky Homeschool Mom) Visionary Daughters Part 1

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October 12, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 6
Third part of the interview with Karen Braun(Spunky Homeschool Mom) on effects of patriarchy on marriage and continuation of review of Created to Be His Helpmeet by Debbie Pearl.

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October 5, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 5
Second part of the interview with Karen Braun(Spunky Homeschool Mom) on effects of patriarchy on marriage and review of Created to Be His Helpmeet by Debbie Pearl.

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September 28, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 4
First part of the interview with Karen Braun(Spunky Homeschool Mom) as Spunky shares her own testimony.

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September 21, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 3
Second part of the interview with Don Veinot

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September 14, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 2
First part of the interview with Don Veinot

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September 7, 2007
The Patriarchy & Patriocentricity Series – Part 1
Thatmom’s Introduction to Patriarchy ~
examining these teachings within the homeschooling community

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August 31, 2007
One Anothering Mothering – Part 2 ~
applying the “one anothers” of scripture to your children

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August 24, 2007
One Anothering Mothering – Part 1 ~
applying the “one anothers” of scripture to your children

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August 17, 2007
The Homeschooler Mom Refuge ~
setting aside time for mom

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August 10, 2007
Homeschoolers Taking Care of Aging Parents ~
making caring for elderly parents part of your curriculum

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August 3, 2007
Growing a Terrific Marriage in the Midst of Homeschooling thatmom’s 7 principles for making your marriage the best

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July 27, 2007
When Life and Beliefs Collide ~
preparing our children for the difficulties of life

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July 20, 2007
30 Years Of Raising Boys ~
examples from Scripture of moms teaching their sons

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July 13, 2007
Raising Pro-Life Children ~
teaching our homeschooled children the value of life

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June 29, 2007
Harriet Beecher Stowe ~
understanding God’s purpose for suffering

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June 22, 2007
Mary Anne & Gladys: Two Women Called by God to Bring Encouragement to Those in Need ~ what homeschooling moms can learn from the lives of Gladys Alyward and Mary Anne Bickerdyke

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June 15, 2007
Hope for Moms from Baltimore, 1812 ~
three vignettes of moms from the past

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June 8, 2007
the Women Who Tamed the Wild Wild West ~
those amazing Harvey Girls

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June 1, 2007
Bravely Going Where No Woman Went Before ~
the incredible story of Betty Greene

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May 25, 2007
Remembering and Honoring Past Generations ~
reflections on Memorial Day

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May 18, 2007
Mother’s Day Tribute ~
my own adoption story

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May 11, 2007
Homeschooling in the Milieu ~
interview with Joy Nuesken (part 3) as she tells us the story of her husband’s battle with cancer and her perspective on being a homeschooling mom who is a widow

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May 4, 2007
Homeschooling in the Milieu ~
interview with Joy Nuesken (part 2) as Joy talks about loving your children through their bad choices.

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April 27, 2007
Homeschooling in the Milieu ~
interview with Joy Nuesken (part 1) as Joy shares her her journey

to discovering the different learning styles of her children

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April 20, 2007
32 Years Over A Hot Stove ~
building your family culture through family meal times

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April 13, 2007
My Big Red Suitcase ~
tossing out our baggage from the past as we homeschool our children

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April 6, 2007
The Curse of the Amazon Barbie ~
what is your image of the perfect homeschooling mom?

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March 30, 2007
Are You Contagious? ~
what my grandma taught me about loving God’s word

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March 23, 2007
Instructions in Graciousness ~
raising homeschooled children who are gracious to others

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March 16, 2007
The Mighty Moms of Valor ~
what does it really mean to have a meek and gentle spirit?

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March 9, 2007
The Artifact ~
thatmom has fun with history

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March 2, 2007

The High Calling of Motherhood ~
recognizing God’s incredible calling on the life of a homeschooling mom

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Carolyn Custis James says:

“The power of our theology comes alive when we take the truth personally. Holding God at arm’s length—no matter how much theology we think we know—will never make us great theologians. We have to learn to write our own names into the plot. God will always be the subject of our theological sentences but our sentences are incomplete until we make ourselves the direct objects of his attributes…..Simply knowing a lot of theological ideas, no matter how orthodox and sound they are, will never turn us into great theologians. Theology isn’t really theology for us until we live it. Not until we learn to make explicit connections between what we know about God and the race we are running will we taste the transforming power of our theology. Fixing our eyes on Jesus means reminding ourselves of all that He is to us now. He brings meaning to our routines and energizes us to tackle the difficult tasks at hand. Fixing our eyes on Jesus gives us hope to offer disheartened husbands and hurting friends, and the wisdom we need to raise children who will fix their eyes on Him, too.” ~ from Carolyn Custis James in When Life and Beliefs Collide

Anne Ortlund says:

“So what do we do to encourage them to grow inwardly, to become resourceful and creative, to think, to meditate, to lay the foundation for growing up well? Don’t push, but affirm them! Give them the sense that all is well, that their rate of progress is acceptable to you, that you like them just the way they are…..Guide them but be delighted in them. Let them know that life is to be reached for and drunk of deeply…..Enthusiastic, that’s how you want them to grow up! The word comes from “en Theo,” or “in God.” Support them with words of faith, hope, and love, and in that framework “in God,” they’ll be ready to tackle everything. Fears and cautions are built in at an early age but so is courage! Tomorrow’s world will be different if your child has been released to experiment, to risk, to lead others, to pursue righteousness, to be an affecter for good in society, to go courageously after God.” ~ Anne Ortlund in Children Are Wet Cement

Clay Clarkson says:

“Many Christian parents, myself included, tend to speak to children as though they were Pharisees. We can speak harshly and with judgment, implying by our manner that their hearts are hard and resistant. But this attitude is not justified by Scripture. There is no record of Jesus ever speaking to a a child in a harsh tone. When the Gospels record Him speaking to a child, it is always with gentleness. Our children are not our adversaries. Though our children’s hearts are corrupted by sin, they are not hardened sinners who have made conscious choices to reject the Savior. Our children are simply immature and childish. That’s why children need love and compassion, not harshness and guilt.” ~ Clay Clarkson in Heartfelt Discipline

Tim Kimmel says:

“Grace can’t be some abstract concept that you talk about in your home. It has to be a real-time action that ultimately imprints itself in your children’s hearts. To talk about grace, sing about grace, and have our children memorize verses about grace – but not give them specific gifts of grace – is to undermine God’s words of grace in their hearts. Grace means that God not only loves them but that He loves them uniquely and specially. The primary way to give our children grace is to offer it in place of our selfish preferences.” ~ Tim Kimmel in Grace-Based Parenting

Kathy Thile says:

"I say this gently, as the parent of grown kids, knowing *insert parenting guru* is also the parent of grown kids: we have wonderful children — he does, I’m sure — and so do I. But without even knowing his children I can know this about them: they are not perfect. They hurt. They make mistakes. They struggle. They are prideful and overly simplistic at times; and crippled by shame and hesitancy at others. Yes — they are beautiful examples of human beings, his children (I assume), and mine (I know.) But they are not perfect. If they were, they would not be human. If it were possible to raise children to perfection, then God would have sent a parenting method, not Jesus. Our marching orders are not to raise our children by a method to be like *insert parenting guru* children. Our marching orders are to be Christians to and with our children." ~ Kathy Thile

Anna Quindlen says:

“The biggest mistake I made is the one that most of us make while doing this. I did not live in the moment enough. This is particularly clear now that the moment is gone, captured only in photographs. There is one picture of the three of them sitting in the grass on a quilt in the shadow of the swing set on a summer day, ages 6, 4 and 1. And I wish I could remember what we ate, and what we talked about, and how they sounded, and how they looked when they slept that night. I wish I had not been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less." ~ Anna Quindlen

thatmom knows:

As a homeschooling mom, I have realized that everything, ultimately, is outside of my own control. I have learned that the unique circumstances that happen in my family have occurred because God’s plan is so much bigger than my own. It is knowing this truth about God and in experiencing that truth with those in my home that has enabled us to face past challenges and that will prepare us for all those difficulties that still lie before us.

thatmom realizes:

If I think about 35 years of marriage, times the number of loads of laundry I have done for 2 parents, 6 children and 1 grandma, I am amazed to know that I have washed, dried, folded, (sometimes ironed) and put away roughly 27,526 loads of laundry. That is over 215,000 socks! Or, in that same amount of time, provided 38,324 meals for a family and sometimes guests. Or that I have overseen nearly 21,500 hours of education of one sort or another during that time. Just thinking of these numbers takes my breath away. ~ thatmom

thatmom says:

"Being a mom is sort of like being all the people who crowd into a basketball arena all at once. Sometimes we are the players, the ones who are responsible for everything that is going on and our presence is front and center. Sometimes we are the coaches, giving comfort and encouragement, instructing with a clipboard in hand. Other times we are the referees, no striped shirts required but whistles are a must to break up the disputes when the game isn’t played as per the rules. Still other times we are the fans, cheering wildly from the stands, shouting from a distance but not from the floor. And then there are the days when we are the cheerleaders, the ones who scream 'Yeah, you can do it.' " ~ thatmom

thatmom also says:

“After parenting for 34 years, I have come to realize that all paradigms are basically a list of do’s and don’ts that someone has created. Instead of embracing a list, I have discovered that it is best for me to run all ideas, philosophies, and paradigms through my “one-anothering hopper.” I ask myself if the suggestions or ideas I am hearing will serve to build my relationships or will serve to tear them down; will they reflect the one-anothering commands of Scripture? I ask if they are a picture of Christ and His relationship with me as His needy daughter. If not, I am not interested, no matter how much appeal they might have for any number of reasons.” ~ thatmom

thatmom says this, too:

“The word wisdom is used in Exodus to describe the knowledge that the Lord gave to the skilled artisans so they could make Aaron’s garments for worship. We are told that these workers “were given wisdom and understanding in knowledge and all manner of workmanship.” I have never had to sew any garments for a priest to wear for worship. I have not had to sew any draperies or build any walls or prepare any inner sanctuary as per the Lord’s instructions. But I have been called to give all I can toward the goal of building up children in the faith, preparing children for life outside my home, children whose bodies, we are told, are called the very temple of the Holy Spirit.” ~ thatmom

what does thatmom believe?

" What is thy only comfort in life and death? "That I, with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong unto my faithful Savior Jesus Christ; who, with His precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, and delivered me from all the power of the devil; and so preserves me that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him." ~ Heidelberg Catechism

What does it mean to be a Christian?

1.We must acknowledge that we are all sinners. “For we are all become as one that is unclean, and all our righteousnesses are as a polluted garment: and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. (Isaiah 64:6) and “All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23)

2.We are all accountable for our own sins before God. “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.” (2 Corinthians 5:10)

3.There is only one way to be forgiven of these sins and that is through the blood of Jesus Christ. “Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

4.If we confess our sin to the Lord and repent of it (not allow it to rule in our lives) we can be forgiven and be in right standing with God. “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousenss.” (1 John 1:9)

5.Genuine salvation will result in living lives of good works but none of those works contribute in any way to our standing before God which is based solely and completely on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross. “But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. (Hebrews 10:12) and “Not by works of righteousness which we have done but according to His mercy He saved us by the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. (Titus 3:5) and “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)

6.We all, men and women, boys and girls, have direct access to the throne of grace because everyone who is a born-again believer in Jesus Christ is called a “priest and king” in God’s economy. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.” (I Peter 2:9)

I believe that many of the false teachings within the patriocentric movement are in direct contrast to these Scriptures and I would encourage each of us to first examine what we believe about Jesus and His work on the cross, its implications and its marvelous power.

Secondly, I would challenge anyone reading here to examine your own heart and ask yourself whether you have been trusting in good works….baptism, homeschooling, church attendance, modest dress, the list goes on and on, or if you have placed ALL your faith and hope in Jesus’ blood and righteousness alone.

And finally, I would challenge you to examine the teachings within your own church system, whether it is Protestant, Greek Orthodox, Roman Catholic, etc. Ask yourself what your church teaches about ecclesiastical authority and family authority. Does it line up with the Word of God? It is a top down system that requires certain works in exchange for a relationship with Jesus Christ or do you have the assurance that you are saved for eternity by His death on the cross in your stead? Does it teach that the fruits of the spirit and obedience to all the one anothers is what our lives will demonstrate or is there a list of man made rules?

If you desire to talk with me about this, please send me a note to shesthatmom@gmail.com. My desire is that no one who visits this website will leave without knowing the glorious truth that we can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and can enjoy a life filled with His goodness and grace!