I remember it like it was yesterday. I was in fourth grade, standing in front of the whole class; my teacher, Mrs. Thomas, roasting me for not having completed one of my SRAs for the whole year …
Community Covenant
A proper community is a commonwealth; a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social and spiritual, of its members–among them the need to need one another. …
Leading by Living
I have led Grace Community School for nearly 20 years now. I have also led the boards of the Council on Educational Standards and Accountability, the Texas Private School Association (twice), and now …
The Undershepherd
There are a lot of things that bother me about our culture, many of which I’ve written about here. That should not surprise any of us, because we live in a Genesis 3 world, one that stands opposed to …
Time and Time Again
Reflect for a moment on this question: Do you think we are living in the worst time that’s ever been? Now, let me pose a hypothetical question: I’ve built a time machine. It’s been perfected and …
Befriending the Darkness
Perhaps the greatest transformation in life is changing our perspectives toward death. My father has cancer, and the treatment over the years has begun to take his memory from him. We are in a …