Kaake Family Blog

I'm making out my daughters scholastic plan for the next 6 years.  Crazy...maybe!  Anyway, this coming year she will be entering 7th grade - 7th grade!  I was trying to remember what I took in school during 7th grade.  One of those classes was health/sex ed.  I remember what sex-ed class was like While my parents taught me abstinence, the school was teaching something else as well as exposing us to many contraceptives as well as a lifestyle contradictive to what my parents were trying to teach at home.  I heard this from the class and students much more because that's the environment I was in. My goal here is to still be vigilant on teaching my children health education/sex education from a biblical perspective.  Coming into puberty is something that we are going to celebrate in this family.  It means that our son/daughter is making the shift into adulthood.  We want our children to be prepared for what's coming.  For instance, after r...

Every time I hear the words "prodigal son", I think back over my own life and what God has done for me.   Picture this... Young girl longing for acceptance. Young girl not finding it. Young girl is now graduated and not knowing what to do with life but finds acceptance with the ungodly company. Young adult/girl finds every way to run from God. She tries all this world has to offer. Young adult/girl is now pregnant and realizing her need for her Savior.  Young adult/girl returns home - to her physical home and to her Father in heaven. Familiar? Does this story seem familiar to anyone?  I know many of us have been in similar situations.  As a Christian, how do you treat these prodigals?   Poor Treatment of God's Children 1. "You made your bed, now you must lay in it." 2. "It was your choice, deal with the consequences yourself." etc... 3. Treating them poorly because they did something you ...

I read the neatest post awhile back and wanted to share it with you.  You can read the article in it's entirety at A Holy Experience . "H e said these are the books that shaped him. “You have to make sure they read these, Mom.” He’s the oldest of four brothers. He’s spontaneously come to me with them all in his arms, a stack of worn spines. I watch how he runs his fingers across their titles, how he turns to certain pages, passages, and his eyes remember. “I’ve sorted, and deliberated, and yes,  these are the best. ” He’s taken it upon himself. He wants his brothers to travel the same word roads. He’s a good guide. He read all 1488 pages of  Les Misérables in less than three days this summer, proving to Farmer Dad that he could still do his barn chores (3 hours a day), and still finish the book in less than 72 hours. And too this summer,  Pride and Prejudice  ,  Frankenstein  ,  Gulliver’s Travels ,  The Autobiography of Ben...