Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

Mike Smith:
Denise, some homeschool families find it really hard to integrate homeschooling and family life. What would you say is the most important thing to remember about the purpose of education in the life of a family?

Denise Mira:
Well Mike, we’ve got to define what education is. In many instances, due to societal pressure and generations of indoctrination, we believe the lie. Education is far more than academics. Education is life preparation.

And for us, homeschooling isn’t just an academic option—it’s a life style of building Kingdom culture in our home. God is a family man: a Father who sent a Son to build a family in the earth. So I believe that homeschooling is so much about family life—living as a team, all for one, one for all. Learning to serve each other, loving one another, working together—on everything from math, to reading, to household chores, to comforting the hurting, to serving the neighbors. Enduring our personality differences, working through conflict, iron sharpening iron.

We are a special forces operative unit in the earth, making a difference together, having a synergetic impact in the world, as we walk together in life. So, obviously, I don’t have a problem integrating family life with home education. This is our life!

Mike:
Denise, thank you so much for that insight! And until next time, I’m Mike Smith!