If you ask kids whether they prefer Easter or Christmas, we all know which one they’d pick. But, growing up, I always wondered why we didn’t make a bigger deal of Easter than Christmas. Even as a kid, …
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Life as Ministry
It seems as though we’ve done ourselves a disservice in thinking about what constitutes actual discipleship, and it’s helpful when people come around from time to time to remind us what it looks …
Victor or Victim?
I’m sitting in my office with a heavy heart tonight, grieving the loss of three students and three adults shot to death at Covenant School, a private Christian school in Nashville. All such events …
Partnering with Promise
Over the years, our school has had the opportunity to partner with a lot of great ministries for the advancement of God’s Kingdom in Tyler and beyond. Perhaps the partnership that has brought us the …
Making Disciples
Last week, I was preparing for our State of School address, and considering what was most important about our school and its mission, played out in the life of our students. What does “teaching Jesus” …
The Work of Lent
It seems to me that in the modern American Church calendar, at least, Lent is kind of an unpopular season. Most people don’t commemorate Lent, and if they do, they think of it as the season when you …
What Doesn’t Change
I reported for my first day of work at Grace Community School on January 2, 2002. I came in the front door, newly-minted Development Director, ready for work in my fresh-pressed lawyer suit, eager to …
Child Worship, Revisited
I’ve been writing this blog now for nearly eight years. There are some things I write about that are “one-timers,” mostly inspired by a current event or recent school happening: an election, a …
Sex Ed
If there’s one area where we as Christians have the opportunity to be transformed, to think uniquely and differently than the world around us, and perhaps be a transformative influence ourselves, it’s …
That Pesky Freewill
One of the greatest and most confounding gifts God has given us is our free will. It’s probably also the least understood. I was musing on this fact as I was sitting in my Wednesday morning Bible …
Perfect Justice
This week, we commemorate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, a champion not only for people of color in America, but for many who were and are marginalized. There have been volumes written …
Our Thoughts on God
If you’re a child of the 80’s and 90’s like me, you’ll remember a song called “Counting Blue Cars” by Dishwalla. You may not remember the name of the song or the band, but you’ll probably remember the …