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 …
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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 …
Waiting for the Here and Now
“They also serve who only stand and wait.” John Milton Do you remember what it was like to wait for Christmas as a kid? How it seemed like an eternity, as if the clock were actually moving …
The Goodness of God
If there’s one descriptor that’s used often to describe God, it’s that He is “good.” We are invited in the psalms to “taste and see that the Lord is good.” (34:8). James tells us that “Every good …
Give Thanks in All Circumstances
I’ve come to a harsh and stark realization about myself this year. Growing up in this country with all its material blessings has molded, shaped and formed me more than I like to admit as the leader …
The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence in Christian Education
We often fear what we don’t understand, and, in many cases, that’s probably a wise approach. I watched a YouTube clip the other day where a guy of dubious intelligence believed Pandas to be cute and …
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