I was thinking about this week that we’re about to engage in, this week of Thanksgiving, of giving thanks to the Lord for His goodness, for what He has done, and for who He is. Even though …
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Thankfulness in Mourning
It’s November, and I am growing a beard. It’s not the first time I’ve grown one over the holiday season, for lots of purposes: more relaxed time of year, cooler weather, getting on my “skinny Santa” …
The Market on Truth
Does it ever seem to you as though the world has gone crazy? And that people around you don’t see life the way you do? I’m not talking about sharing different political ideologies or opinions or …
A New (Dis)Order
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 …
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 …