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 …
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 …
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 …