I lost a friend to complications from COVID-19 this week. Tim Russell was a large, massive teddy bear of a man with a giant-sized intellect and a heart to match. He loved Christian education, and had …
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Consider It All Joy
I am not an expert on virtual schooling. There is no such person. Virtual schooling is something different from online education, which has existed for a while. Virtual schooling, or at least the way …
God of All
I love living in the U.S. I love my laptop. I love Netflix and Spotify. I love my truck. I’m really grateful God put me here in this place in this time. When I think back on all the other eras of …
Worth It
People often ask me whether Grace, or any other private Christian school, is worth it. That’s a fair question. After all, and as I’ve said many times before, educating our children is one of the …
Graduate-Level Parenting
As Ashley and I are nearing the end of “in-house” parenting and the “empty nest” phase of life, I’ve been reflecting a lot on our parenting over the years: what we did well and wrong, what were my …
What Christian School Is Not
Over the years, I’ve written lots of blogs and articles on what makes Christian schooling, well, Christian. I’ve discussed that Christian schooling is not only about education involving teachers who …
A New Home
In the years I’ve been the head of school at Grace, there’s one phenomenon that strikes me as somewhat shocking at the beginning of every school year: the difference between an incoming sixth grader …
Free to Serve
Do you ever feel as though God is trying to tell you something? When I went to my Bible study this morning, we were studying Paul’s appearance as a prisoner before, Felix, Festus, and Agrippa. Paul …
Girl Daddies- Revisited
As everyone knows by now, Kobe Bryant passed away this week. I know he’ll be best remembered for being a five-time NBA champion and 18-time All Star in his 20- year career. But, the thing that has …
The Liberal Arts Difference
There’s a tendency in education today toward specialization, even at the K-12 level. I saw an article the other day referring to a move as early as middle school in pressing children toward focusing …
The Silver Bullet
My youngest daughter is a senior in high school, and entering the second semester of her senior year has me both nostalgic and reflective. Some days I wish I could turn back time– those nights …
Staying the Course
We’re entering into the “dog days” of new year’s resolutions. Whether it’s eating differently (that’s one of mine), hitting the gym, managing finances better, or anything else, auspicious beginnings …