I always understand when I see young people rejecting the traditions of their parents, at least in the short term. It’s amazing how often they return to them, however. I grew up in a Christian faith …
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A Reason to be Grateful
Last week, I traveled out of town to visit a school that is part of a network of schools to which we belong. The purpose of my visit was to see their operation, to evaluate it according to a set of …
Acting Like What We Are – Screwtape Version
(Note: During World War II, C.S. Lewis unearthed The Screwtape Letters: notes written by a master demon to his apprentice nephew, in which the former offers advice for tempting human beings under the …
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The Value of Hard Work
I have to admit, I’m challenged when the issue of hard work in school comes up. In our society today, we hear reports about the crushing homework load that students face. As parents, we struggle with …
The Power of Failure
And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far be it from you, Lord! This shall never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are a hindrance to me. …
Two Different Ways
As I see it, there are two different ways to do Christian school: the easy way, and the hard way. The easy way involves setting extremely high behavioral standards before a world that is always …
The Best and the Worst
I love athletics. I love the volume of a packed gym at a basketball game. I love the sense of community, cheering for one’s team on a Friday night, feeling the crisp fall air, hearing the sound of …
MLK Day 2014
I wanted to write today to share the spirit behind the tradition we started last year for MLK day. Last January, I had the privilege of listening to Michael Lindsey, the president of Gordon …
New Year, New You?
I’ve not really thought much of New Year’s resolutions in the past. They’re often not worth the time to think them up. I come up with them, usually two or three days after the new year, as an …
Good Receivers
It is more blessed to give than to receive, so they say. But, it is much easier to give. We like being givers, especially at Christmastime. Christmas helps us think of ourselves as we like to …
An Unlikely Hero
Think about it. You’re born two thousand and some odd years ago in some backwater region of a great empire. Even in that backwater region, your town is small, tiny, insignificant, the “sticks” of the …
A Conversation
“Michael?” “Yes, Stephen?” “A moment, if I may, my Commander?” “Of course.” “Michael, the Most High has given me a mission: to appear before a group of men on earth to announce the moment we’ve …