Many of you know that last week I defended my dissertation for my PhD. This was the end of a five year process, made real when I was talking to the head of the PhD program just before my defense. I …
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Consequences
Christmas is overrated, and Easter is underrated. In our culture, even among Christians, we tend to deemphasize Easter. Unlike Christmas, it’s a truly “religious” holiday. There’s nothing …
A Cloud of Witnesses
People say all the time there aren’t many heroes left in the world. I’m not sure about that. I think it really just depends on where you look. If you’re looking in Washington or Hollywood for your …
Go
Right now, it’s pretty quiet around the high school. I’m reminded, as I am every year, of how much quieter and less exciting my life would be as a head of a K-8 school. For those of you who don’t have …
Why Christian Education?
You may or may not know this, but I’ve been a PhD student for nearly five years now. Five. Long. Years. I am nearing completion of the process, putting the finishing touches on my dissertation. I’ve …
School Security
Nothing causes us to come face to face with what we believe about the fragility of life and trust in the Lord like a school shooting. As all of us mourn the tragedy of what happened last week in …
Amigos
We all have practices in our lives that help keep us sane; help us navigate the challenges of life. Once a year, I engage in a ritual that has become absolutely essential to me. I am part of what I’ve …
A New Vision
Vision is vital to anyone, whether you’re an individual or an organization. It’s also scriptural. The most often-cited vision passage is Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no prophetic vision, the …
Getting Out of Our Own Way
There are some definite downsides to being the head of school for all these years. For example, I can’t run a red light or drive faster than is prudent, because I will almost always pull up next to a …
Loving the Other
Like many of you, I watched this past week’s government shutdown with rapt fascination. It reminded me of my college days, seeing two drunks staggering around in the parking lot, saying things that …
In It Together
To care nothing for diversity, in a biblical sense, is evidence we’ve got a hole in our understanding of the gospel. I’ve been thinking about this in the context of MLK Day, which we all just …
Being There
You know the saying, “nine-tenths of life is just showing up?” In a lot of ways, I think that’s true for parenting, or even just living together and loving each other in community. So much of it has …