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.
I've been thinking a lot about a former student I lost this past weekend and her life, and my mind keeps going back to that day a year or so ago when she was baptized. On that day, I saw Skylar, an …
Continue Reading about Finding the Radiance of the Holy Spirit in Unexpected Loss →
This was a summer of profound spiritual growth. So, my first few blog posts will cover some things God was faithful to teach me. Last week, I talked about modeling the life you want to see lived in …
Continue Reading about What I Learned This Summer – Part Two →
In late May, I told myself that I wasn’t going to take the summer off from the blogging. I was afraid I’d lose the folks who regularly read it (thanks, you two in Alaska!). Despite good intentions, …
This is one of my favorite things to do as Headmaster of Grace. I get to be the last voice you hear from at GCS. As I’ve thought and prayed through how I would send you forth, how I would charge you …
God’s Word is full of great starts, but not many great finishes. Hezekiah was one of Judah’s greatest kings. God used him mightily to defeat Sennacharib and the invading Assyrian army. Yet, when God …
In January, I had a chance to travel to Israel. Before going, I had seen photos of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Nativity, and other sites where Jesus had been baptized, …
I was talking with my pastor’s wife about an upcoming seminar that our church is doing on body image for women. Body image is defined as the way women see themselves and how they believe others …
Today was Grandparents’ Day at our school. One of the things I love about this day is that it gives me the opportunity to reflect upon and be grateful for the impact of my grandmothers on my life. As …
If I asked you to create two categories, “personal” and “ministry”, and asked you to put every aspect of your life under one of them, where would you put “family” or “raising kids?” Most of us would …
Last week, our juniors traveled to Washington D.C. as part of the high school’s “Go Week”- a week in which each class goes off together to engage in team building, leadership training, learning …
Last weekend, I had the honor of performing a wedding for a Grace alumnus. It was beautiful; many former Grace students in attendance. I love being a part of events like these, because they reaffirm …
I really don’t like conflict. I’m not afraid of it, but rarely do I enjoy it. So much of our lives are about dealing with conflict. Certainly this is true in our relationships with our spouse and …