Shall We Talk About Christian Unschooling?
I often get to the point where I feel I haven’t got anything more to say about unschooling. I wonder: is it time to move on?
At the beginning of last year, I reached such a point. However, instead of thinking about moving away from unschooling, I proposed the idea of exploring unschooling from a different angle. Should we discuss Christian unschooling?
I got excited about this idea, and other people did too. But somehow nothing much happened. I just kept on doing what I always do: I continued writing about unschooling, mentioning God here and there but mostly, keeping Him ‘between the lines’:
Recently, I’ve been wondering: could my blog (and podcast) be mistaken for a secular one? Perhaps anyone landing here wouldn’t even know we are a Christian unschooling family. And this might be a problem because I wouldn’t want to give the impression that our unschooling life has nothing to do with God.
Of course, if you browse my blog, you will find my Christian unschooling posts. And there are references to God and our faith in my unschooling books. There’s even a Christian unschooling section in Radical Unschool Love. But is that enough?
In this week’s podcast, I’m asking the question, Shall We Talk About Christian Unschooling? Should we go deeper into unschooling? Bring God into the picture?
In episode 160, I fly through some ideas about Christian unschooling. I share some quick (and maybe muddled!) thoughts on such things as trust, freedom, unconditional love, passions and interests, respect, families, our missions in life, and forgiveness from a Christian unschooling perspective.
I didn’t aim for a perfect podcast covering all aspects of Christian unschooling. Instead, I just wanted to share a few thoughts that might open up some conversations.
Also in this episode, I share a children’s story from my novel, The Angels of Abbey Creek. It’s an adventurous mother story. You might remember that we were talking about being adventurous parents in last week’s podcast, Turning Waiting Times into Unschooling Adventures.
Show Notes
My Unschooling Books
Curious Unschoolers: paperback
Radical Unschool Love: paperback
My Children’s Novels
Blog Post
Bringing God into the Unschooling Picture
Where You Can Find Me
Youtube
Blog
Photos
Top photo: this is our parish church. Second photo: the church is only a few hundred metres from the lake.
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So I’m wondering
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