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 …
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Live Like a Queen
My mother is an Anglophile, which I learned early on means that you love all things English. I really don’t know how this happened; it developed long before I was born. But, she’s the one whose …
It Starts with Love
For years, I’ve had a love problem. One of the things that has frustrated me about my walk with the Lord in the past is my attempt to be more loving. I wanted to love others better and more, tried …
Transformed by Truth
About five years ago, God changed my perspective of Him in a way that transformed me forever. I believe much of how we view God is wrapped up in our family of origin: how we relate to our parents and …
Remembering our Why
Even though my own children have graduated from Grace, as a head of school I still get to live within the cycle of the academic year. One of the great things about living within the school calendar is …
Good Advice
One of our core values at Grace is “redemptive community.” I love this part of who we are. When you’ve been here for just a little while, you’ll see quickly that this is a community of people who …
Listen, Connect, and Love
On May 22, Grace held the commencement exercises for the Class of 2022. The 66 graduates were awarded $6,206,339 in academic scholarships from colleges and universities, an average of $94,035 per …
Summering Well
In his Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, one of the most iconic of Stephen Covey’s truisms is begin with the end in mind. When we embark on a venture, project, or strategic plan, it’s most …
The Light of Babel
I appreciate much of the work of Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist from NYU. He’s not a Christian, but he has some really keen observations of the world around us that make a lot of sense. In an …
All for Another
That moment will hum in my memory, and resonate into eternity forever. Twenty-eight years this past week. April 23, 1994. Perkins Chapel on the SMU campus, 11 a.m. I’m standing at the front in my …
Navigating Success and Pain
In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus has to navigate twin threats as he guides his ship through the Strait of Messina. Scylla, mythologized as a sea monster, was a rocky shoal on one side of the strait. …
Golgotha Gentleness
As I think about Easter and Holy Week, I reflect on the film, The Passion of the Christ. It’s hard to believe it was a 2004 film, almost 20 years old. It was a great movie, but I have to admit, I only …