Do you almost always order the same thing on the menu every time you go to a given restaurant? Or, when you attend a weekly meeting, do you always sit in the same spot? What about people? Do you …
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Gratefulness Through Giving
As you know, our school theme this year is “Growing in Gratefulness.” As I said last week, gratefulness is, for the most part, a spiritual discipline, like prayer and Bible study. Cultivating …
Growing in Gratefulness
The week before school began, at Meet the Cougars, a new high school student approached me. This young man had been away from Grace for a couple of years, and was now returning. He approached me, …
A Letter to Me
It’s been my joy and privilege to be your head of school for 16 years now. For 18 years, I’ve walked alongside you as a school parent: sitting beside you at football games, clapping proudly with you …
Charge to Seniors at Graduation 2019
It will be amazing to you and to your parents how quickly four years of college will come and go. As we speak, my daughter Emma is graduating from Baylor. It’s incredible how fast that time went. …
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Sweet Endings
As I write this, I just experienced one of those amazing travel stories. I’m on my way back from a board meeting in Colorado, traveling with a friend. Our flight was supposed to leave at 6:30 am. …
Grizzled Veteran
My wife and I are celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary this week. At this point in my marital career, I think I could qualify as a “grizzled veteran.” Like everyone’s marriage, we’ve had trials …
More Than Conquerors
One of the things I really love about Scripture is how, even though you read something over and over, there’s a nuance, an observation, something new that changes everything for you. I had one of …
Free, Yet Responsible
There are some words we Christians use interchangeably, often incorrectly, that leads to confusion and sometimes misperceptions about our faith. If we’re not careful, they can also lead us to mislead …
American Idols
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Leviticus 18:21 To me, there are few concepts more chilling in the Bible than …
Life’s Not Fair
How many times have you heard, “that’s not fair!” as a parent? It’s the mantra of every kid. Yet, truer words have never been spoken. The reality is that God is not a fair God. We, on the other …
The Unity of God
I was reading an article the other day by Rosario Butterfield. She was sharing a classic difficulty that all of us recognize as Christians trying to keep a gospel witness in an increasingly polarized …