Among other things, being a head of school is a pastoral gig. It’s shepherding people, teaching and praying, caring and guiding, and walking people through pain. I don’t have a pulpit, per se. I like …
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Forming a Faithful Family through Fun
Whether we’re gifted evangelists or not, we’re certainly called to be evangelical and make disciples in our families. Over 80 percent of followers of Jesus became Christians as children or early …
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Rightly-Ordered Loves
I know English is the international language of business, and I don’t mean to denigrate my mother tongue, but it’s pretty imprecise at times, you know? We often use the same words to mean many …
Battle Tested
I enjoy movies that end with a twist; Christopher Nolan, who helmed such movies as Memento, Inception, The Dark Knight, and Interstellar is one of my favorite directors. One of my favorite movies with …
Living as Exiles
If you have lived around this part of East Texas for the past year or so, you have probably heard the story of the Mayflower Church. A Chinese church operating a Christian school in their homeland, …
50 First Days
Fran Rodebaugh remembers what it was like to be a junior in high school, beginning her first day of class at Grace Community School (then known as Christian Heritage) in fall 1973. “We weren’t divided …
Telling the Truth
On Saturday, Grace Community School graduated the Class of 2023. This special group of 79 seniors will bring God’s Word and truth to colleges, universities, and wherever He has for them as they leave …
One For the Record Books
One of my favorite books of all time, A Tale of Two Cities, also begins with one of the best opening lines of all time, describing the era surrounding the French Revolution, but also notably evocative …
Transformed by Truth – Finale
This year, our school theme has been “Transformed by Truth.” We’ve been thinking about, talking about, teaching about, and writing about what it means to be transformed by God’s love and His Word to …
Requiem for a Friend
I had an opportunity to preach the memorial service of a dear friend, Phillip Dancy, this week. The following is that message. I pray it continues to honor my friend and the Jesus he loved. We …
Parenting from Fear
There is a place for fear in parenting kids. Fear can be a very useful device. For example, if your child is in the street and a car is bearing down on her at 45 mph, fear for her safety is a …
The Best Day
If you ask kids whether they prefer Easter or Christmas, we all know which one they’d pick. But, growing up, I always wondered why we didn’t make a bigger deal of Easter than Christmas. Even as a kid, …