If you really want to stand the test of time as a leader or a Christian school, you have to be able to change, because the culture and world around you are changing. Kids are different, families are …
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Jay’s Blog – Going to Church
This past week, I traveled to Philadelphia for work. I’m fascinated by cities like Philadelphia, having lived in the South all my life. I’m not one of those people who look at cities like …
Jay’s Blog- God of the Romans
Jay’s Blog – On Becoming
This is not some impossible dream, not some “professional grade” Christian goal that you’ll never achieve because you’re a “regular” Christian. Jesus designed the abundant life for all of us– being …
Jay’s Blog – Worth the Investment
Peacemaking 101
I could spend the rest of my life studying Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5, and specifically the Beatitudes, Christ’s statement of those who are blessed in His Father’s Kingdom. Christ sets …
Season of Repentance
As you probably know, yesterday was both Valentine’s Day and Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. One of my wry friends wondered whether he should smear chocolate instead of ashes on his wife’s …
Original Sin
This year, as we’ve been looking at spiritual warfare through our school theme, “Battle Tested,” one area that I haven’t yet talked about is perhaps the most devastating idea of all, yet one we often …
Know Thyself
I currently teach in a program called the Van Lunen Fellowship, based out of Calvin University in Grand Rapids. The program is for executive leadership training, designed for new heads of school who …
The Unsafe God
This week, I traveled to a meeting with several of my head-of-school peers. In my quiet times with the Lord before my trip, I prayed that God would give me an opportunity to serve my colleagues around …
Living Well
I attended three memorial services this past week, which is a lot, even for me. It’s a normal part of what I do for a living, yet I’m honored to attend them. I realize that it’s important to those who …
Battle Tested 2024
If we can say anything about 2024 as we enter the new year, it will be (as all years are) a year of joys, and a year of challenges. Given that it will also be an election year, it is likely to be one …