The end of the school year always puts me in a reflective mood. Much like December, the end of the school year is a time to think back on what went right and wrong. It’s a time to appreciate what went …
The Power of No
I often think the most powerful, yet most underused, word in today’s modern parental vocabulary is “no.” If you look at a great deal of what ails children and parents about living in modern culture, …
An Integrated Life
I was talking to one of our pastoral staff members from our church the other day about the church’s initiative toward missional communities: small groups of people who know each other from work or …
Go
Right now, it’s pretty quiet around the high school. I’m reminded, as I am every year, of how much quieter and less exciting my life would be as a head of a K-8 school. For those of you who don’t have …
Why Christian Education?
You may or may not know this, but I’ve been a PhD student for nearly five years now. Five. Long. Years. I am nearing completion of the process, putting the finishing touches on my dissertation. I’ve …
School Security
Nothing causes us to come face to face with what we believe about the fragility of life and trust in the Lord like a school shooting. As all of us mourn the tragedy of what happened last week in …