by Jessica Frierson | Nov 4, 2026 | NCHE Blog, Freedom to Homeschool, Culture, History, Family life, Gratitude, Prayer
Guest post courtesy of HomeschoolFreedom.com, October 2026 A Heritage of Prayer in Our Nation This year holds special significance as America marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As we celebrate this milestone, we remember that prayer...
by Jessica Frierson | Nov 2, 2026 | NCHE Blog, Community, Family life
We all need community, a place to belong and people to lean on. Many homeschool families find that community in a co-op, but that is far from the only place to find it. It doesn’t even have to directly relate to homeschooling. Where else can you look to find...
by Jessica Frierson | Oct 5, 2026 | NCHE Membership, Considering Homeschooling, Discipleship, Family life, NCHE Blog, Encouragement
Welcome back to the Rooted blog! This week I would like to share with our readers a little about the background of our new name. As you may know,our members’ magazine is titled GREENHOUSE in homage to the concept of relating homeschooling to raising plants in the...
by Jessica Frierson | Aug 17, 2026 | NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Spiritual Growth, Getting Started, Resources, Freedom to Homeschool, Discipleship, Teaching Strategies, Schedule, Family life
I don’t know about you, but my summer disappeared faster than the sweet tea at a church picnic in July. No sooner was I sorting through last year’s stack of dog-eared books, wrinkled papers, and half-finished word searches than it’s time to plan the next school...
by Jessica Frierson | May 20, 2026 | High School, Reasons to Homeschool, Family life, NCHE Blog, Encouragement, Considering Homeschooling
A Season of Transitions Hello, Reader! The NCHE Blog has finally returned. It has been three long years since we last met. In this post, I will share why we have been on a hiatus and update you on some new details about the blog. To make a long story shorter, I went...
by Jessica Frierson | Apr 25, 2023 | Spiritual Growth, Peace, Parenting, Discipleship, Young Children, Family life, NCHE Blog, Uncategorized
by Jessica Frierson, April 2023 One of the things that really bothers me as a parent is hearing my children mutter an insincere “I’m sorry.” In search of a way to make the phrase more meaningful, I considered what the point of an apology is to begin with. It is often...
