Rare Faith Blog

(This was given to me by a good friend, Renae Pelo, the year before I took the "plunge" into homeschooling - it was instrumental in helping me have the courage to begin my own homeschooling experiment...

By Angie Kleven

Nearly six years ago, I experienced a tremendous financial loss. A business I had poured years of time, money, and heart into collapsed—suddenly and without warning. Overnight, not a...

By Angie Kleven

Las Vegas is an amazing place to homeschool. For those seeking social interaction, parent mentoring and support, and clubs or classes for their children, there’s no shortage of oppor...

By Angie Kleven

In Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, there’s a passage that quite literally changed the way I think. It reads:

"The psychologist tell us of a state, in which the affectio...

By Angie Kleven

It had been a long, grueling day—and it promised to be an even longer night. I stared at the stack of medical records on my desk, all needing to be transcribed by dawn. My energy had...

By Tammy Graham

Have you ever watched a child learn to walk? Though we want them to learn, do we force them?

NO! We watch, offer guidance, encouragement, and praise. The children succeed without bei...

By Renae Pelo

When I was about six years old, my mother taught me a poem—At Breakfast Time by Edgar A. Guest. She signed me up to recite it at our local church talent show, and to my delight, I won a...

UPDATE: Just having a “scrolling through old photos” moment. Here's a throwback to our 2007 Christmas Letter—a little time capsule from when we were growing our family and building our business:

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Hidden Treasures became a national bestseller last week!

I only discovered this by chance... and I might have been the only one to notice. Here’s the strange story:

So, my goal this summer was to fi...