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 …
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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 …
Jay’s Blog – Gathering the Church
Spending a lot of time watching the news can give the impression that everything is out of control. I have to say, I’m completely confused. Wars and conflicts I previously thought I understood no …
Jay’s Blog – Forever Yours
The money-sucking juggernaut that is the Great Mouse lured me into his web of memories again this week. I attended a Christian school conference for organizations worldwide, representing schools …
Jay’s Blog – Be Still
One of the most important things I ever got to do as a head of school, which changed my life forever and shaped how I lead Grace, occurred in the summer of 2018. I had just finished defending my …
Jay’s Blog – On Marriage and Singleness
Over the holidays, I’ve had the opportunity to attend many weddings. These events fill many of my weekends, perhaps due to my age and children. I even have the opportunity to perform …
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Jay’s Blog – Divine Work
Most of us have a complicated relationship with work, don’t we? Some of us absolutely hate it. We dread getting out of bed in the morning, knowing we have to head into the office. Or, we don’t like …
Jay’s Blog – No More Dog Days
When you’ve been in the school business for as long as many of us have, or even if you’ve had your kids in school for many years, you notice that the school year tends to have its ebb …
Jay’s Blog – Vision of Revelation
We often speak of educating our students from a biblical perspective, for God’s word and his truth to serve as the foundation of everything we do as Christian schools. While that’s good and as it …
Jay’s Blog – Shalom is Surrender
One benefit of the holidays is that there is more downtime than at other times of the year. I was looking for something to read on my bookshelves and found a book that brought back a flood …
Jay’s Blog – No More Quitter’s Day
So, I did. Turns out, Quitter’s Day is a thing. It’s this coming Friday, January 10th. Quitter’s Day is based upon a study by the New York-based national market research firm Drive Research, which …
Jay’s Blog – Angels Among Us
The Christmas story is littered with angels. When you read it, angelic beings are everywhere: the angel who appeared before Zechariah in the temple, telling him his decades-long prayers for a child …