Blog of Jay Ferguson, PhD, Head of School at Grace Community School in Tyler, Texas
Jay Ferguson is a husband, father of three girls, and Head of School at Grace Community School in Tyler, Texas.
Last week we talked about how everything has changed for us in terms of how we see the world, how the modern lens that we’ve developed as westerners over the past 500 years gives us a very different …
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Last week, I wrote about a biblical perspective or worldview, and how, as followers of Jesus, we’re called not only into relationship with Christ, but into transformation, that our very minds would be …
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Over the past few days, the world has seemed even stranger and more foreign than usual. Bitter exchanges over the appointment of a new Supreme Court nominee have reached fever pitch. Whether or not …
Of all the things cancelled by COVID and its impact on culture, if I’m honest, one of the things I was most concerned about losing was college football. I love college football. One of our favorite …
Three parables of Jesus have haunted me. I’ve read the Bible multiple times, and each time I read it I’m confounded by these three. They are all about the same thing, and they couldn’t be more …
For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. We know that we have passed from death to …
Love is perhaps the most overused word in the English language, the most powerful force in the universe, our most desperate need, and yet the quality the world needs most right now. Our theme this …
I have an empty tree. For 20 years, every first day of school at Grace, we would line our crew of three little girls in front of the “back-to-school tree,” a crepe myrtle in our backyard that …
To say it has been a long summer has been an understatement. I mean, aside from the fact that it actually was about five or six months, including quarantine, it was metaphorically long, as well. …
Last night, GCS graduated 63 seniors in the Class of 2020. We call this ceremony “commencement,” because it is the beginning of their new life, equipped with everything we’ve given them. This address …
I was reading an article in the May 4th edition of the Wall Street Journal entitled, “A Surprising Way to Stay Resilient.” In the article, Elizabeth Bernstein shared that one miracle technique, more …
I’m going to share a very personal story, which I try not to do very often. I don’t want to be an “overshare” guy, because I always wanted my blog to honor and glorify Jesus, and not be an outlet for …
