Home School Heartbeat Radio Program

When the homeschooling world consisted of mainly seven- and eight-year-olds, it was hard to see the big picture. Today on Home School Heartbeat, Mike Farris talks about the future of the homeschooling movement.

Mike:


When we started homeschooling, I didn't really see where it was going. As the homeschooling movement matured and our children grew up, I began to really understand that we weren't just going to win spelling bees for the rest of our lives. These kids who could win spelling bees in disproportionate numbers could also win more than their share of congressional races. The vision has just grown from there. We are truly training the next generation to "take back the land."


In that regard, HSLDA was not the end; it was a means to an end. The end was freedom for homeschooling families. And freedom for homeschooling families was also a means to an end, the end being the development of righteous children. While righteous children is a great goal. The measure of it is not their childhood; it's their adulthood.


In recent years I have felt that God has been calling me to help students make that transition from righteous childhood into righteous adulthood in a way that has a positive impact on our nation, and that is what Patrick Henry College is all about. We're working with young people that already have a strong spiritual foundation that's built by their families. We want to help them and train them to be the top-end leaders in this nation, who will be instrumental in restoring our republic to its biblical foundation. I'm Mike Farris.