LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. If you would like to read more about Common Core, see Berit Kjos’ article, “A ‘Common Core’ For a Global Community.” If you know a family whose children are in public school, please consider sharing a copy of Kjos’ article with them. … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Alana MastrangeloBreibart News The governor of Illinois recently signed a bill that will mandate public schools in the state teach LGBT history, beginning next year. The new legislation will require schools to incorporate “a study of the roles and contributions of lesbian, … [Read more…]
As a fast-growing number of public schools are incorporating mindfulness meditation into the lives of the school children, few seem aware of just how dangerous meditation can be, especially for children. The following is an extract from our 2018 booklet on mindfulness as a reminder to parents and grandparents. The Dangers of Meditation Numerous research … [Read more…]
By Calvin FreiburgerLifesite News The largest union representing teachers in the United States formally adopted a statement at its annual representative assembly last week embracing a “fundamental right to abortion,” labeling pro-life Americans as “misogynistic” in the process. . . . the National Education Association (NEA) “will include an assertion of our defense of a … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes. In 2013, Lighthouse Trails released Berit Kjos’ booklet titled A “Common Core” For a Global Community. If your child, or a child you know, is in a public school, he or she is almost for sure being affected by Common Core in more ways … [Read more…]
By Philip Gray Course in Miracles promoter, Marianne Williamson, who is running in the 2020 presidential election, has big plans for the children of this country if she is elected. Among other things, part of those plans is to make sure children in American public schools are trained in mindfulness meditation. While tens of thousands … [Read more…]
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By Berit Kjos And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord. (2 Chronicles 33:6) “Softening Up” … [Read more…]
URGENT: If you know any families with children, please make sure the parents are given a copy of this booklet. Right now, efforts are under way to bring mindfulness mediation into every public school in America. NEW BOOKLET: Mindfulness: What You May Not Know And Should Have Been Told by the editors at Lighthouse Trails … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following news story is posted for informational and research purposes. By Arial Jao NBC News A central Indiana teacher says his former school district forced him to resign following a disagreement over a policy that calls for teachers to address transgender students by their preferred name rather than their birth name. . … [Read more…]
By Bill Randles And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational and research purposes and not as an endorsement of the content or the source. To learn more about the dangers of practicing Yoga, please refer to our Yoga category on this blog. Also type in “mindfulness” in our search engine for articles on mindfulness meditation and the … [Read more…]
By Lois Putnam Conscious Discipline, the creation of Dr. Becky A. Bailey, is a program used in hundreds of educational settings the world over–Head Start, private schools, day cares, Montessori schools, Christian schools, public schools and more. This discipline program loudly touts its shift from a reliance on “fear to love,” and from “punishing to … [Read more…]
SPECIAL NOTE: We have been informed by the Canadian government that this booklet cannot be sent across the border into Canada. However, we were told that it is currently not illegal for Canadians to have possession of the booklet. Therefore, Canadian readers may call 866-295-4143, the number of our new Canadian distributor, to obtain copies … [Read more…]
On November 15th, Lighthouse Trails posted an article titled “What You Need to Tell Your Local Public School Officials About Children and Mindfulness Meditation”which stated that a woman who called the LT office shared her concerns about her local public school that was going to be bringing in a program to teach children mindfulness meditation. … [Read more…]
Today we received a call from a concerned woman who found out that a local public school was about to introduce mindfulness meditation to children at the school. She called the school and has been granted a 5-minute time slot at an upcoming school meeting to explain why the school should not teach mindfulness meditation … [Read more…]
By Lois Putnam For whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depths of the sea. (Matthew 10:6) Perhaps, you’ve heard of the Sacramento, California charter school Rocklin Academy where a kindergarten teacher … [Read more…]
Dear Lighthouse Trails: This is from a circulating email from Prairie [formerly Prairie Bible Institute or PBI in Three Hills Alberta]. It sounds so good, but I suspect it is dangerous. S. ____ Email Our Reader Received from Prairie: What’s NEW for our upcoming year New Student Orientation begins tomorrow! This time of year campus … [Read more…]
NEW BOOKLET: 10 Vital Things Parents Can Do to Help Children Keep Their Faith is our newest Lighthouse Trails Booklet. The Booklet is 14 pages long and sells for $1.95 for single copies. Quantity discounts are as much as 50% off retail. Our Booklets are designed to give away to others or for your own … [Read more…]
With the sound of their new school bell, the fifth graders at Piedmont Avenue Elementary School here closed their eyes and focused on their breathing, as they tried to imagine “loving kindness” on the playground.1—New York Times By Berit Kjos During a flight delay in Chicago in the late nineties, I spent my time browsing … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following out-of-house news story reiterates what Lighthouse Trails has been trying to warn about. More and more public schools are implementing “mindfulness” meditation techniques into the lives of their students. Ray Yungen provides this explanation of what mindfulness is: In recent years, a type of meditation known as mindfulness has made a … [Read more…]
To Lighthouse Trails: My kids are taking an AP English class and were asked to read articles that show the benefits of Yoga in schools. The question was not if Yoga was good or bad, but whether detention using Yoga was effective, reading an article that said it was (per query of the students’ getting … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network WASHINGTON — Nearly 9,000 people added their names to a legal brief this past week in support of a Virginia school board’s appeal of a ruling requiring that it allow a female student who identifies as male to use the boys’ restroom. 8,914 students, parents and other residents from … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network A Canadian pastor is standing firm after being ordered to allow gay-straight alliances to be formed at his Christian schools. According to reports, on Sept. 2, Alberta Education Minister David Eggen sent a letter to Brian Coldwell, the chairman of the Independent Baptist Christian Education Society and pastor of … [Read more…]
LTRP Note: The following is posted for research and informational purposes and is not an endorsement of the news source writing this. By Erik Eckholm and Alan Blinder New York Times A federal judge has blocked the Obama administration from enforcing new guidelines that were intended to expand restroom access for transgender students across the … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network The American College of Pediatricians (ACP) has released a report stating that it is wrong to encourage children to believe that they were born in the wrong body as there is no scientific basis for such an assertion. The report, “Gender Dysphoria in Children,” was written by Dr. Michelle … [Read more…]
By Heather Clark Christian News Network Ten more states have filed a lawsuit against the Obama administration over its requirement that school districts allow male students who identify as female and vice versa to use the restroom that correlates with their “gender identity.” Nebraska, Arkansas, Kansas, Michigan, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota … [Read more…]
By Garrett Haley Christian News Network NASHVILLE – A private university in Tennessee that was founded by the Methodist Church will soon begin covering transgender-related surgeries under its student insurance plans, drawing sharp criticism from a local congresswoman. Vanderbilt University is a private school in Nashville, Tennessee. For the first 40 years of its existence, … [Read more…]
This global agenda [Common Core] is far more intrusive, demanding, and dangerous to Christian families than most of us can imagine.—Berit Kjos, author of A Common Core for a Global Community LTRP Note: The following is posted for informational purposes. Because Lighthouse Trails is an advocate for children in a number of areas (education, New … [Read more…]
By Garrett Haley Christian News Network SEATTLE – An evolution-promoting author has released an illustrated children’s book, titled “Grandmother Fish,” that uses whimsical text and drawings to convince preschoolers that they are the products of evolution and the descendants of animals. “Grandmother Fish: a child’s first book of Evolution” is a 40-page children’s book written … [Read more…]
