This past Tuesday, we held our Veterans’ Day commemoration at the elementary (we have it a week early to help ensure a lack of conflicts for our veterans). I am acutely aware that I say this about a …
“Teaching Generous”
Okay, let’s face it. Most of us are pretty screwed up when it comes to money. So screwed up, in fact, that many of you will stop reading this blog right…about…now…. Still reading? If so, let me just …
Defending the “bubble”
One of the criticisms I hear lodged at Christian schools in general, and ours in particular, is that it’s “a bubble:” a safe, sterile environment, shielded from the harsh reality of sin and the world …
Confession is Good for the Soul
I was thinking the other day about the idea of confession of sins. Confession is not something we teach or talk about much in the evangelical church, and many of us probably don’t discuss it much with …
The Irony of the “Blessed”
My wife, who is considerably wiser than I, made an insightful observation as she was studying Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5. Immediately preceding Jesus’ message, hordes of people with …
Commencement Charge 2014
This is one of my favorite things to do as Headmaster of Grace. I get to be the last voice you hear from at GCS. As I’ve thought and prayed through how I would send you forth, how I would charge you …