I once heard Christian author Andy Crouch speak at a conference. He made a very interesting observation. He was discussing idols, in both their ancient and modern forms. Crouch noted that an idol …
On the Right Flight
I flew to New York City for a conference last week. As I left DFW, I was reflecting on navigational vectors, and what a curious thing they are. I’m not certain of the navigational vectors coming out …
Raising Antifragile Kids
Around 2013, colleges and universities across America began noticing that a very different kind of student was walking their campuses. Whereas for as long as there have been universities and colleges …
Gratefulness in Grief
I was reading a book lately that discussed a research project previously unknown to me called the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study (ACE). The study asked participants, who were mostly from middle …
Gratefulness through Unity
Do you almost always order the same thing on the menu every time you go to a given restaurant? Or, when you attend a weekly meeting, do you always sit in the same spot? What about people? Do you …
Gratefulness Through Giving
As you know, our school theme this year is “Growing in Gratefulness.” As I said last week, gratefulness is, for the most part, a spiritual discipline, like prayer and Bible study. Cultivating …