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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 …
A Stand-Up Guy
What was it like to be the role player, the one no one remembers in the Christmas story? How did it feel to have your dreams shattered? To grow up, love God, obey His Law, put in a good, hard day’s …
No Room at the Inn
…she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the …