In the September 2023 issue of The Atlantic, David Brooks writes a great article entitled, How America Got Mean. As the title indicates, Brooks deals with two fundamental crises facing American …
The Problem of Pain
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 …
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, …