If you ask kids whether they prefer Easter or Christmas, we all know which one they’d pick. But, growing up, I always wondered why we didn’t make a bigger deal of Easter than Christmas. Even as a kid, …
Life as Ministry
It seems as though we’ve done ourselves a disservice in thinking about what constitutes actual discipleship, and it’s helpful when people come around from time to time to remind us what it looks …
Victor or Victim?
I’m sitting in my office with a heavy heart tonight, grieving the loss of three students and three adults shot to death at Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville. All such events …
Partnering with Promise
Over the years, our school has had the opportunity to partner with a lot of great ministries for the advancement of God’s Kingdom in Tyler and beyond. Perhaps the partnership that has brought us the …
Making Disciples
Last week, I was preparing for our State of School address, and considering what was most important about our school and its mission, played out in the life of our students. What does “teaching Jesus” …
The Work of Lent
It seems to me that in the modern American Church calendar, at least, Lent is kind of an unpopular season. Most people don’t commemorate Lent, and if they do, they think of it as the season when you …