If you have more than one child, you probably have that one. Although, as a parent, you love each of your children deeply and equally. There often seems to be one, however, that consumes …
Jay’s Blog – Why You Should Read This Blog
At the beginning of school, August 30, 2013, I wrote my first blog as head of school at Grace. Blogging was a relatively new thing then, and I didn’t want to do it because it always struck me as a …
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Peacemaking 101
I could spend the rest of my life studying Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, and specifically the Beatitudes, Christ’s statement of those who are blessed in His Father’s Kingdom. Christ sets …
Season of Repentance
As you probably know, yesterday was both Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. One of my wry friends wondered whether he should smear chocolate instead of ashes on his wife’s …
Original Sin
This year, as we’ve been looking at spiritual warfare through our school theme, “Battle Tested,” one area that I haven’t yet talked about is perhaps the most devastating idea of all, yet one we often …
Know Thyself
I currently teach in a program called the Van Lunen Fellowship, based out of Calvin University in Grand Rapids. The program is for executive leadership training, designed for new heads of school who …