Early in my history as a school head, when a student graduated from Grace who didn’t know the Lord or who wasn’t showing signs of being open to Jesus, I would have considered that student a “mission …
Jay’s Blog – Living in the Light of Death
I’ve been thinking about death a lot lately. But before you think, “Oh, man, this is too depressing for me;” hang with me for a minute. Because I think that only in the light of death can we really …
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Jay’s Blog – Fail Out Loud
I am a failure. I say this because I think that, a lot of times, people believe that those of us who are in “professional ministry” are perfect people with perfect kids. I don’t think that if you …
Jay’s Blog- Men with Chests
There’s been a lot written lately about the crisis facing Western males in general, and particularly American men. Whether it falls under the concepts of “failure to launch,” with the notion of the …
Jay’s Blog – Teaching Us to Love
In the 1982 psychological drama Sophie’s Choice, for which Meryl Streep won a Best Actress Oscar, Streep plays a Polish immigrant in post-war New York City. We learn later in the movie that she has a …
Jay’s Blog – Beauty and Pain
Last week, I shared with you that my daughter was married the week before last; it was our first family marriage in this generation. Our hearts were filled with the beauty of that ceremony: from …