Then, as you go through the day, keep the word always before them. You dont wanna make Bible reading a resolution from the standpoint of like, oh now, Im gonna try to duh duh duh, Im gonna make sure that every day Lets say, how can you not just like be in the Word every day? What a privilege it is to have these conversations with you each week. Wendy Welcome to the Homeschool Solutions podcast, brought to you by Sonlight curriculum and homeschooling.mom. And thats what drove so much of my effort in starting the school, and the boys, and you know, my heart behind ministry was that, I know that God has given me a passion and gift for teaching. And we are parents of six boys. Like how can we work on this thing together as a family. Give generously in word, action, and supply. So that first one, love God above all else, the second one is hate sin, especially your own. With a simple, chapter-a-day format that includes Scripture, devotional thoughts, meditations, and discussion questions, this book will guide you in leading your family. THE SIMONS FAMILY. And I wasnt able to put my fingers on it until I read that, it made me a little emotional. Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. I had three boys. I know Ruth and I go back and forth, Lord, just saying wow, how is it that we, so imperfect in our own parenting and our own walk of faith, could have the opportunity to do this. I lost my temper, or you know, Ive got this ongoing thing that you guys see in my life that Im gonna be the first to confess. He accepted a presidential scholarship locally and so hes still living at home. It had me laughing at the relatable stories the author gave. Discover simple habits and easy-to-implement daily rhythms that will help you find meaning beyond the chaos of family life as you create. There is no one I would rather have speak into this area of our lives than Troy Simons. And with all youve got. Troy It really encourages me, Wendy, to hear you say the word conversational because that really was our aim, is to present these not in a wooden way, or you know, really systematic way. Or give generously. Think of others as God does, image-bearing souls. And Im seeing that I love that, you said approaching discipleship from the ground up. Troy Sure, its you know, there are the twelve foundation and weve written five readings on each one of those. He was called to serve as pastor in September, 1989. It just has looked different in different seasons. It does not need to be, this is when we do it. We can't make disciples without being disciples. It added space for Sunday classes in 1956. 57-1223213. Pun intended. So, I was wondering, as we prepare to say goodbye, would you let me quickly read through these resolutions and then lead us out with a prayer over use that we would teach them to our children, learn them ourselves, and then walk in them as a family? And so, we wrote it in a way, and Troy penned it that way so that we dont just gloss over it and say, yep, thats a Word from Scripture and were gonna do it as were told. He has been a church planter and the founder of a Classical school, but in the past two years, he has transitioned into the role of headmaster and teaching pastor over their familys home and their homeschool. Worshiping and enjoying the presence of God forever. Instead it becomes the words that have been shaped, influenced, laced with Scripture, with Gods Word. And one of the things that weve always got on our list is, what about Bible? This book is everything to Christian parents! And Hes Lord over everything. Ruth Chou Simons is an entrepreneur, speaker, and bestselling author of Beholding and Becoming and GraceLaced. Ruth Chou Simons & Troy Simons "If you feel like life is moving at a frenetic pace, and you're struggling to keep your own heart centered, let alone your family's, this book will be strong medicine." . Ive missed the boat. Justin Whitmel Earley is a writer, speaker, lawyer, and founder of The Common Rule, an online resource center for Christians seeking Kingdom-formed habits that can sustain them in an age of chaos. We have no other means for faithful investing or fruitful good works. It wont take any time at all. ruthandtroy.com Posts Reels Videos Tagged Ive been married to my dear husband Troy for 21 almost 22 years. You wont regret it in the slightest! You do! Amazing book! Be an encourager and build each other up. I so appreciate that from you guys. It is just so practical, and at the end of each extremely relatable and encouraging chapter are lists to easily refer back to. On the contrary, it means I have more opportunity to make mistakes and if theres anywisdom it hopefully comes from learning from those mistakes. Another support is the Great Homeschool Conventions. This organization is not required to file an annual return with the IRS because it is a church. I mean, it might be our voice, but what theyre hearing is the Word of God. Matthew Mirabal still proclaims his innocence. In Habits of the Household, Earley gives you the tools you need to create structure--from mealtimes to bedtimes--that free you to parent toddlers, kids, and teens with purpose. But Ill just say, from Ruth and me, who are daily in the trenches with our six, and working with friends who are as well, its a hard work. . Personal Life, Parents and Family Details : And I pray that that means that it will be to those who listen in. You know, as we were writing these, it was amazing how interconnected they all were. Wendy Well maybe you can send me a sneak peek and we can put that into the show notes in a direct link, because I would love to get that on my wall where the kids will see it too. Or are we just reading through the Bible? It looks like WhatsApp is not installed on your phone. Wendy Yes. If you stretch it out over a whole year, you just get ample readings in a week, thats fine. That we would model it and that our children would come to receive it. So, lets learn as a family, to have conversations. Troy is an avid outdoorsman, philosopher, classical music enthusiast, word nerd, and teacher. This is Wendy Speake and I look forward to chatting with you again next week. This means the starting point of parenting habits is thinking about how our households are forming us as parents. Along with his wife, Ruth Chou Simons. After listening to just the first few chapters, I knew I needed a hard copy to highlight and reference. I've had this book sitting on my shelf for over half a year and just got to it in the last month And I'm glad I picked it up. These chapters focus on the areas where we get to pick the routines that shape our children: bedtimes, moments of discipline, screentime, and family devotions. Troy Simons spent decades as both a teaching Pastor and a headmaster. We are giving God the glory every step of the way and love sharing our journey with you. Troy, a former preaching pastor and church planter, is now headmaster of Oak Grove Classical Academy, a school of which he and his wife, Ruth, are founding board members. Troy Gordon . This book is fantastic. Download A Step-by-Step Guide for Leading Your Family in Worship at Hometoday! Wendy Yeah, if it comes part of our language and isnt that what we want? And then weve been doing the lessons at the breakfast or dinner table, one it just happens that were all together. And you know, I think probably the best place to start would just be to give maybe a snapshot of my background, having grown up in Albuquerque, New Mexico and the public-school system. And I'm glad I picked it up. Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2023. Trusted pastor and bestselling author Adam Hamilton has won a wide audience for 40-day devotional books. Its really the lens that were looking through, rather than I need to check of the boxes of learning to read and write at each grade level, whatever that means, youre saying. TX in May, 1988. Personal Life, Parents and Family Details : Your email address will not be published. Rhythms are paramount in our families, and Justin offers insights on how practicing them at home displays Jesus to our children in ways words alone cannot. I've had this book sitting on my shelf for over half a year and just got to it in the last month And I'm glad I picked it up. Free shipping for many products! You know, you think of it as, well I gotta pass these tests and I gotta know these subjects, and then Im gonna go on and make a living. How would you possibly know one of the chapters, that I got to do the audio part last week, and so, I read through em and one of the ones that stuck our for me was the reminder that to encourage comes from the word to put courage into something And so the idea that we would encourage one another and build each other up, that means you have to know what courage means to be able to put that courage into somebody else. What a witness that is. One way to think about family culture is to think about what habits and norms our friends and neighbors are invited into when they come over. He says no, look at what I did, you know. William J. Simon, a U.S. Air Force Veteran, age 85, of Baton Rouge, LA, transitioned peacefully at 7:28 pm on February 29, 2020 surrounded by his family. This is not just for somebody else to teach my kid, but I have to work through the difficulty of it. Troy is an avid outdoorsman, philosopher, classical music enthusiast, word-nerd, and teacher. And all of these are founded in Scriptures and youll open the Word and find them together. Really going for walks is discipleship. I wont add it here, but I have to admit that I even followed your oldest son. And then you are able to give that courage and place it into that child that youre trying to encourage. And instead of recognizing that, from a Biblical standpoint, the earth is the Lords and everything in it, the world and all who live in it. As a family pastor, I spend a lot of time reading on parenting. Because they all speak such life-giving words. After two decades of investing in full-time pastoral ministry, preaching, church planting, cofounding a classical school, where he served as headmaster, Troy now works alongside Ruth in their . And whatever those are, and I dont have all of them right in front of me at the moment, but whatever those are, the goal is to take a Scriptural principle, something that is clearly written in Scripture for us to follow, but to write it in a new way for us to say, if we speak this to one another, dont be surprised, this is part of our family foundation. That is focusing on us, thats causing thats us turning our eyes to how we can be the redeemer or the hero of the story. But its a great work. When new books are released, we'll charge your default payment method for the lowest price available during the pre-order period. a home where kids and parents alike practice how to love God and each other. Not just to me but to my family, and Im trusting its gonna set my sons up to parent their children well. Laying a firm foundation. Update your device or payment method, cancel individual pre-orders or your subscription at. And moved by the parallels he made with the gospel. The couple outlines the importance of heeding Gods instructions and being transformed in their own lives as the magnetic force that draws their childrens interest to cultivate their own relationship with the Lord. Speaking of living by it, you said, the next one is hide the word in your heart to live by it. She ministers to thousands of people through speaking engagements, Bible teachings, artistry, and business development. And His callings are His enablings, I quote that little phrase all the time, I believe it was Spurgeon who said it, that if Gods called us to do something, Hell enable. And make sure that you walk through those big things of the Scripture and that they know the books of the Bible and they know the flow of the history. We want to know, we want to model it, and we want to do it in the homeschool realm, world, families, were oftentimes looking for that magic curriculum, I think. Sincerely. And hopefully, prayerfully, shapes future generations too. But thats Ruth. This book had me feeling understood in the struggles of a parent. And when kids recognize that, that He made everything for Himself, that He upholds it by His Mighty Word. Then it kinda takes some of the spiritualness of our faith and puts it in a context of the fact that were fleshly beings, have to go through the world making money and washing dishes and changing diapers, just you know, raising kids, all the stuff that we do. See Details. Being a Father of six obviously does not make me an expert at parenting. Well, I dont my oldest son follows their oldest son. There was a problem loading your book clubs. Ruth We are so delighted to be here, Wendy. You cant always be in start up mode. Troy Simons is not in the Hall of Fame. After the habits of forming parents, half of the remaining habits are about forming children. What would you say to them? It is called Foundations, and the subtitle is Twelve Biblical Truths to Shape a Family. Really, it was a gift to me personally, on my favorite podcast, always are really a gift to me first. Letting His presence and His Word shape us each one of us, but also, shape our family together. Because if they dont see it starting from home, they wont ever see the connection that its for all of life, and that God wants all of us. Wendy Okay, so this is the one that start with the Love God, right? of the Gospel. CHRISTOPHER L. SIMMONS was born in Washington, D. C. to the late George and Josephine Simmons. And I have never, until your book, found one that doesnt just walk you through concepts or Bible passages or a book of the Bible, but actually walks you as a family to see how it is foundational for all areas of our lives. But that its like, oh no, thats just something that we always do. Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them.Learn more how customers reviews work on Amazon. So, would you start off by introducing yourself, your family, your boys, specifically. And may You be honored and glorified in all that we do. Though it is. And that is even, you know when there is a loss of time, one of the great phrases from crucial things, its from Ecclesiastes, God talks about giving us back the years that the locusts ate. Give as a gift or purchase for a team or group. And theres troydsimons as well. Thank you, guys, for laying the foundation for us, for finding the foundation that Christ has laid in teaching us that we can bring that as the foundational truth for our families. Well, what would you say to the mom or dad or grandma or grandpa that feels its too late? We absolutely do that. No doubt, like, we realize how much weve squandered of opportunities and that sort of thing. We can't teach the grace of God outside of experiencing the grace of God. They must master their bodies (1 Cor 9:27) and their minds (2 Cor 10:5) and both have to do with their spiritual worship (Romans 12:1-2). Eating dinner is discipleship. It checks all the boxes for me on what I love in a book. Order this book, and get the hard copy. And what do you find years later that kids are leaving the faith, or theyre not going to church. Her Facebook page depicts her as a religious woman who is now in her 40s. He has been a church planter and the founder of a Classical school, but in the past two years, he has transitioned into the role of headmaster and teaching pastor over their family's home and their homeschool. Makes me wanna weep for them because I know that could be a very very shameful feeling. And that really is this idea of education as discipleship. You already know Ruth, most likely. And you know, your kids may not see it right away. And the best books that we read to our children, even like the Ward books like You are Loved, it doesnt even. Order this book, and get the hard copy. I'm a business lawyer who used to be a missionary in China. (Spurgeon), Our earthly lives are preparing us for what we will do for all eternity. 2014 - 2023 Marathi.TV - All Rights Reserved. Wendy Thank you. And I think that when you sit down and read a book like this and you wrestle with that truth, and maybe, you know, hate sin especially your own. Hate sin, especially your own. The church met in local public buildings until it dedicated its own building in 1954. Ultimately, his life and sanity were saved when he embraced a reformation of habits. Troy Simons is a father to six boys and . Thats number one. And then Jo is spelled Chou followed by simons. And even when you are attacked I mean, Im thinking about how Troy has to really like, ask the Lord to guard his heart and grow his patience as he walks with a certain child or two in our crew, through math problems because its always fraught with tears and frustration and patience and wanting to like, throw a pencil across the table. I so appreciated that at the end of each chapter there was key points highlighted and practical tips given. To live by it. The way we approach the opportunity to learn today. Christ, what He accomplished on the cross was everything. They got something where at that point, you just trust the Lord. Its real but its the way that we would be saying it if we were putting our arm around one of our sons and saying, hey bud, love God above all else. And I would say, in our family, if I could point to what is our recurring issue as a family, its that we do more accusing than confessing. It is the foundation of everything that were doing. I believe it will. .orange-text-color {font-weight:bold; color: #FE971E;}View high quality images that let you zoom in to take a closer look. Find a location at greathomeschoolconventions.com. Christ is all --all we and our kids truly need. (Wendy Speake), His callings are His enablings. Were so blessed to know you and let you lead us as we lead our kids. And I love her books and her art. He has an abiding passion for God's Word and for discipling the next generation to live for Christ. Find Ruthher art and heartat gracelaced.com, at @ruthchousimons on Instagram, and @gracelaced on Facebook and Twitter. HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend this book! But he is the one who is primarily supervising and leading out in the schooling at home. . Thats more than just reading, writing, and arithmetic. Thank for joining us. They are friends of ours and actually, Ruth, you are probably the first person that I didnt know that I followed on social media back when our children were very, very young. Okay, where do I start? Learn more about Ruth Chou Simons and Troy Simons at RuthAndTroy.com. And thats what were talking about today. They are always in front of me, needing more work, more understanding. Wendy Its fun to have a mans voice on the podcast. This book is honest, clearly by a parent, and gives me actual real tools to help me order my household to mirror what I actually want to achieve in my family. Keep first things first and let the Lord provide the strength and resources you need to keep up. Thanks so much for stopping by our blog. But Lord its Your Work in You people that is what accomplishes great things. 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