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 …
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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 …
Jay’s Blog – The Waiting
The late great theologian Tom Petty once said, “The waiting is the hardest part.” Truer words were never spoken. We are a people on the move, on screens, and a tight schedule. Waiting is …
Jay’s Blog – Princes of Peace
Advent is one of my favorite times of year. It is a season when we prepare for the Lord's coming, his incarnation, that amazing moment in history when the Ancient of Days, the Author of all things, …
Jay’s Blog – Thanksgiving and Death
Thanksgiving comes late this year, and as soon as we return from these holidays, we’ll be thick in the middle of Advent. Even now, we’re all probably thinking about Christmas and hearing Christmas …
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Jay’s Blog – Unintended Intrusions
I was reading in my Lectio Divina the other day, and the Lord gave me the passage I wanted to share with you. Mark 7:24-30: 24 And from there he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and …
Jay’s Blog – Time to Go to Work
As you might be aware, we had an election last week. I don’t know if your guy or gal won, and for purposes of this blog, it doesn’t really matter. It’s not that I don’t care who you voted for; I pray …
Jay’s Blog – Mistaken Identity
In my 23rd year as head of school at Grace, I think I’m a pretty emotionally and spiritually healthy guy. So, if you had asked me six months ago whether any part of my identity was tied up in being …
Jay’s Blog – Voting for Shalom
It’s pretty hard not to become anxious, to resist the urge not to think of our candidate (whoever “we” are) as the only logical choice, and that the other guy or gal is maybe not the Antichrist but …
Jay’s Blog – Upon Pain of Death
We lost another school parent this week, a beautiful, wonderful mom who everyone loved dearly. Right after it happened, I broke the news to another school mom, still mourning the loss of her husband …
Jay’s Blog – To Be a Friend
One of the biggest disrupters of peace in our lives is that we’re, on the whole, a lonely people. This fact became obvious to me once again as I was sitting at a CESA symposium …