The Family Ministry of Steve Demme
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Dear Principal of the School Meeting in Your Home, My wife and I home educated our four sons over a period of twenty-one years. Our first son began formal education in 1985 and our fourth son graduated in 2005. Most of the daily instruction was done by Sandra. I helped teach the math, and added [...]
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As we begin this school year, I hope we will each be encouraged by meditating on how God has created us to be teachers. As the wise bumper sticker says: Every parent is a teacher, but not every teacher is a parent. A. Parents are Uniquely Designed God creates a man and a woman in [...]
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After sending the last newsletter, we found that we had left out a section on Energetic Ideas for Outside. These ideas and a few other suggestions from our readers are in this letter. Energetic Activities for Outside Paint ball Make and fly kites Croquet Bocce Ultimate Frisbee (Soccer with a Frisbee) Hide and seek, in [...]
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As a parent, I had to work at having regular family devotions. I dislike routine and schedules. My helpmeet enjoys structure and sought to maintain a regular schedule for our children. My nature was to go canoeing on a sunny day instead of following through with their schooling. I recognize now that we need balance [...]
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Gratefulness and contentment are decidedly Christian virtues. They are rooted in an understanding of God’s purposes, as well as His wisdom, love, and sovereignty. At a family camp last summer, I had a mom recount to me how her husband would come home when the children were not behaving and the house was a mess, [...]
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In speaking to men, I regularly encourage them to focus on being faithful instead of successful. Recently I had a man ask me what I thought a faithful man looked like. This question has caused me to ponder what God calls a faithful man. In my mind, which I assumed everyone understood, I continually fight [...]
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I am adding the following note to Dad at the beginning of the new revised Christian Home and Family Worship. I hope it will encourage and edify each of you. “Let me congratulate you for beginning to read this book. God has worked in your heart or you wouldn’t be reading about having family worship in [...]
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According to a recent poll, the number one New Year’s resolution is to spend more time with family. While that may be so for many people, I believe this resolution would have to be amended for readers of this newsletter, to spending more time with family “in the Word.” In looking back over our 31 [...]
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Thirty-four years ago today I set out to read my Bible daily. Looking back, which is what old men do, I recognize this habit as one of the most significant events in my life. This practice of reading a portion of God’s word every day as contributed more to my walk with God than I [...]
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First When I am asked what my vision for a Christian home looks like I usually respond, “Where each lives for the other, and all live for Christâ€. In light of a recent meeting with men in Illinois, I am rethinking this statement. We, about 50 men, were meeting informally in an evening session to [...]
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