Curiosity may kill cats, but it breathes life into human beings. One of the greatest virtues we can cultivate in our children is curiosity. Curiosity is key to being a great student. There are, of …
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On Suffering
The most challenging question in humanity, certainly of our faith, is “Why is there suffering in the world?” I’ve come to learn that this is the right question. For Christians, the wrong question …
A Bright Sadness
I was a cradle Episcopalian, christened as a child, confirmed in middle school, and faithfully attending the Church of England in America until I was in my early 20s. Practices like liturgy and …
The Father and the Beloved
It’s funny how the Lord takes His own sweet time in revealing things to us that we feel like we should have learned a long time ago. The way I viewed God, and how that perspective affected the way I …
Come to the Table
There is a sacred space in your home, potentially as important to the spiritual, emotional, and physical health of your family as your local church. It is your table. “The table is the place of …
Always Valentine’s Day
Another Valentine’s Day has come and gone. I have to admit, I find myself a little jaded about Valentine’s Day. Only to my family (and now, to you) I call it “Forced Romance Day,” created by the card …
You Are a Pastor
When I first became a head of school, I had no idea what a head did. After all, I had been a practicing attorney for ten years, and I had only begun working at Grace a year previously as the …
Lord of the Sabbath
This time last year, all of us thought there would be no way 2021 could be as crazy as 2020. Sure enough, it was. While I really do believe 2022 will be a year when we’ll see life start to stabilize a …
A Father’s Blessing
I know that sometimes “Christian movies” can be kind of hit-and-miss in terms of quality, but I saw one last week that I found gripping. Show Me the Father, produced and directed by the Kendrick …
Who I Love About Grace
Every once in a while, I’m asked to write on the topic of what I love about Grace. As I think about it, it’s really not a “what” question. Because it’s impossible to answer what I love about Grace …
Work as Worship
At Grace, we use something called the Culture Index, a behavioral assessment. Similar to the DISC, the Myers-Briggs, the Enneagram, or many other such tools, the Culture Index measures individuals …
A Good Father
I love Christmas break because it gives me a chance to do things I don’t get to do very often during the rest of the school year, like watch movies. I love movies, and it’s fun to catch up on a long …