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 …
Growing in Gratefulness
The week before school began, at Meet the Cougars, a new high school student approached me. This young man had been away from Grace for a couple of years, and was now returning. He approached me, …
A Letter to Me
It’s been my joy and privilege to be your head of school for 16 years now. For 18 years, I’ve walked alongside you as a school parent: sitting beside you at football games, clapping proudly with you …