What Black History?- Giselle’s Story

The whitewashing of struggle influenced me in ways I wouldn’t and couldn’t understand until decades later.

Homeschooling and Black History: A Call for Stories

By Wende Benner, HA Editorial Staff One of the interesting aspects of homeschooling is the flexibility that parents have to customize their children’s education. Thus, different homeschool alumni–even those using the same curriculum–can often have vastly different experiences learning (or not learning) a particular subject. Black history is one of those areas where the difference can be as stark as

Never a Helpmeet Part 8: Why Patriarchy?

During the 1980s, the evangelical church pretty much threw over anything it used to mean to have that faith, and started to replace it with patriarchal “culture war” doctrine.

Never a Helpmeet Part 1: Selfish

Because you are “created to be his helpmeet.” If you’re just a person living your own life — well, that’s wrong.

Kirk Cameron Lends Support to G.A. Henty Audio Drama

Kirk Cameron joins forces with Marshall Foster and Bill Heid to create and promote a G.A. Henty audio drama.

My Church Tarnished Homeschooling: Leigh’s Story

Before I woke up, I wondered how someone could be a member of Jim Jones’s church. The fact is, what many don’t understand, when you are a part of a controlling church you don’t see what it could be.

Sign Post Moments: Kathryn Elizabeth’s Story

I’d expected the American religious right to flip out, but I didn’t expect a message like that to be sent to a congregation filled with people from around the globe. Not when many of them were from countries where Christians really do face government persecution.

Not An Asian Stereotype: Asa’s Story

“I tend to be quite different than most American stereotypes of Asians.”

The Deep Drone of Unseen Cicadas: Gary’s Story

“Racism was everywhere — but hidden just under the surface.”

Slaves, Heroes and Communists: Home Schooling and Race Education

“That very word I learned to fear growing up, used so often about the ‘left wing’, ‘communists’ and public schools is very much a part of home education too.”