What do you love? Tacos? Blue Bell Gooey Butter Cake Ice Cream (it IS spectacular, but do you REALLY love it?) The Longhorns or Aggies? (Now I’m just meddling, I know). Ultimately, we use the …
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Practicing God’s Presence
Early this summer, our family was able to have a quick family vacation to one of my favorite places in the U.S., a place I had not been in quite some time: Santa Fe, New Mexico. My daughters are all …
An Empty House and a Full School
When our last kid was moving out a few years ago and we stood on the precipice of becoming empty nesters, I asked several of our friends who had gone before me what the secret of successful empty …
Jay’s Blog – Take Aways
We conducted the commencement exercises for the Grace Community School Class of 2025 on Saturday night. This talented group of 84 students received over $8,131,231 in scholarship offers and were …
Jay’s Blog – The Hardest Shalom
This year, our school theme has been “Seeking Shalom.” We have discussed that shalom does not simply mean peace, but mercy, justice, and peace that comes with being in a place of right relationship …
Jay’s Blog – Freedom of Choice
John Craig of ACSI asked me to join the Texas Private School Association (then the Texas Association of Nonpublic Schools) back in 2008. I had not heard of this organization, …
Jay’s Blog – Number One
I swear we were just friends when we went to dinner at Orleans Pasta House that evening. Ashley Hurst and I were just friends, attending the Impact class at Northwest Bible together. This massive …
Jay’s Blog – The Helper
A couple of weeks ago, a friend I had helped with some work sent me one of the greatest gifts ever. I received a shipment from Goldbelly, the online gourmet food source. In the dry ice-laced package …
Jay’s Blog – Not Just On Sundays
Your work matters deeply to God and his Kingdom, no matter what you do. For a disciple of Jesus, there’s no “secular” work. To understand what I mean, we have to fully understand the …
Jay’s Blog – Sympathy for the Devil
What did it feel like, back broken and bleeding on the mat, cataclysmic defeat ripped from certain victory? Did it feel like being cast out all those eons ago, you and the other Sons of Heaven? At …
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Jay’s Blog – Choose Your Yoke
Two yokes sit before you. One is silvery, shiny, and shimmering. It promises transcendence but leads to slavery. The other is subtly obscure. It seems a little odd to many, maybe rough-hewn and …
Jay’s Blog – Faithful Fasting
Although I’ve spent most of my adult life in a nondenominational church, I grew up in a liturgical one. I was a high-church Episcopalian, and the church calendar was a key part of my life in all its …