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Risen Motherhood

Freedom in Education Choices: An Interview with Melissa Kruger on Private Schooling, Part 2 | Ep. 94

Risen Motherhood

Emily Jensen & Laura Wifler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.96.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Deciding how to educate your child can be overwhelming, but momma, there is freedom—because of the gospel— in our education methods. In this episode, Laura and Emily interview Melissa Kruger, a wife, mom, and writer, on her family's decision to educate their children through the private system. No matter where we school our children, our responsibility remains to create a gospel-culture in our homes and to trust God's good work in our children's lives. School is important, but we are the biggest influencers in our children's education.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Motherhood is hard.

0:05.2

One second, we think we're doing a good enough job and the next we feel like the worst

0:09.2

mom on the planet, which is why we need the refreshing truth of the gospel to be repeated

0:14.3

over and over, giving us hope in the everyday moments.

0:18.7

So mama, whether you're sipping coal coffee or doing a sink full of dishes, we hope you'll

0:23.2

find truth, encouragement and laughter here.

0:27.0

This is the Risen Motherhood Podcast.

0:29.3

Thanks for joining us.

0:31.3

Well, hey guys, Laura here.

0:35.2

Welcome to part two of our four part series on educating our children and the gospel.

0:39.6

If you missed it, last week Emily and I kicked it off with an overall discussion about education.

0:44.7

Since we're on the front end of making the choice for our own children, we chatted through

0:47.7

all the emotions that come with the decision and the freedom that we can find in the gospel

0:51.6

for individual families to come to different conclusions on this decision.

0:55.6

Today, we'll be talking with Melissa Krueger, who is using private education for her children,

1:00.0

and she'll be sharing how God uniquely led her family to educate her children in this

1:03.6

way.

1:04.6

Melissa serves on staff as women's ministry coordinator at her church in Charlotte, North

1:08.0

Carolina, and she's the author of multiple books.

1:11.2

One of them is a devotional that we often recommend at Risen Motherhood, walking with God

1:14.8

in a season motherhood.

1:16.0

Her newest book, In All Things, A Nine Week Devotional Ununshakable Joy, releases later this year.

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