![]() SC: Like we were talking about, we are much more realistic. You wrote it five years ago what has the journey been like for the last five years? Q: Susan, The Homeschool Journey was a great encouragement to me. That is what makes everything else make sense. How can I carve that in?" Because, actually, that is the priority. It is time to say, "I do need to have time alone with the Lord. Mike always says, "If the devil can't make you do wrong, he can make you do right wrong." So I am at the place where I want to look at it really realistically and not say, "Homeschooling is the ideal solution." All of us have bumped up against the down side of it. SC: That is a good question for us to ask as homeschoolers, "In our call, where does my homeschooling interfere with God's purpose?" Because, we could actually with our good intentions be disobedient in other areas, or idolizing an ideal. Q: But I think the isolation is one of the most difficult things to manage for the homeschool parent. There is a reason why God lets us go through wilderness experiences. It is easy to say, "Let's go do this and that," when there is a purpose in it that I think we are ignoring. We have seen the kids trying to figure out life and sort through it, and they get a little depressed. I think Mike and I have learned how important that is. You have to experience loneliness and to ask God into the loneliness. We are so busy comforting each other, being involved in this group activity and that group activity, and there is the whole part of our journey with the Lord that has to be done in isolation. And people don't talk about this very much. SC: There need to be seasons, too, in the type of journey we are in. ![]() People will ask me, "How do you do this? How do you have community?" Well, you ask God for it! MC: Of course, I talk a lot about community when I am on the road. So because we are becoming aware of it, we are all starting to try to pull away and go about life in a different way. This is your ministry for this season in your life." We are not only fighting the education system there is a whole spiritual void because so many churches are about maintaining an institution and not taking care of individuals. There are a lot of moms in that boat because nobody is telling them, "You don't have to do everything. You get confused and you just break down. But if you keep trying to keep up with it, you end up burning your wick at both ends and run out of energy. For me it was trying to pour into our ministry. ![]() Whether it is a school or the church, everybody has got an agenda, and if you don't plug into the agenda then you don't look like you are making a contribution. But the larger community doesn't understand. There are maybe three other moms that she has homeschooled with for going on 10 years, and they tend to give each other a lot space and cut each other a lot of slack. Obviously the video is going to show the shiny side. Michael Card (MC): It is a constant struggle. It is hard to disappoint people and to make time for all the things called " important. Community can be pretty elusive for busy homeschooling families. Q: Michael, you talk about the value of community when you are in concert and in your video, Scribbling in the Sand. Rather than having all the answers, they talked as fellow sojourners who could appreciate the struggle. I was able to visit with Michael and Susan this fall and briefly explore some ideas that I have heard for years from their writing and Michael's concerts.Īt the heart of what we discussed were ideas like having a lifestyle of listening, of sharing our lives in community, and making the Lord the center of all we do. Since reading that book five years ago, I have wished for a chance to talk with her about the stories in her homeschool life. Susan Card wrote an encouraging book on home education, The Homeschool Journey, back in 1997. I am not left thinking, "Ooh, he is so cool." Instead, my eyes are on the Lord, and often I receive a new view of things eternal. That is what I think Michael Card is able to accomplish. As we drove along, we sang at the top of our lungs of the glorious revelation of our Lord. Fortunately I had Michael's recording on the book of Revelation, Unveiled Hope, in the car. Life had been extremely busy and demanding, and I realized I needed some eternal perspective. Last week I was driving through the back roads of our area with a carload of children in rainy, dramatic weather. As a singer, songwriter and author, Michael has taken the Scriptures and brought them to life with his many recordings and books for children and adults. ![]() Michael Card is a well-known name in Christian circles.
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