We’ve been doing Christmas trees with kids for over 20 years in our house. Multiply the years and the five kids and that’s a lot of tree decorating. It’s also a lot of ornaments. A lot of droopy tinfoil-halos and glitter-crumbling stars and paper-plate angels and faded red stockings.
Read MoreOnce you find the one thing that is truly worth dying for, then you have also found the one thing worth living for. This singular thing will inform and clarify every choice. This one thing will provide direction, energy, and real hope.
Read MoreContentment: a state of happiness and satisfaction; freedom from worry or restlessness; a peaceful state of mind. Are you content?
Read MoreOur model is usually gladly embraced or strongly rejected. We try to model quality and superior education, but the qualities that make it so are vastly different from the values of current contemporary and classical education.
Read MoreWe fill our time with the way to achieve our purposes – the means to reach our desired end. For many of us as full-time parents a job or education either inside or outside the home is “a way.”
Read MoreWe fill our time with the way to achieve our purposes – the means to reach our desired end. For many of us as full-time parents a job or education either inside or outside the home is “a way.”
Read MoreIn the same way it takes a population the size of a small city to operate an aircraft carrier; it takes a sizable population to make our program what it is.
Read MoreFrom the beginning, the structure was designed to give the students only the necessary academic hours at school because the parents were eager to be involved in their child’s education as much as possible.
Read MoreAs I prepared for the presentation, I was reminded of a few things that set us apart as a school.
Read MoreBelieving that we are called to serve others, we can easily fall in to the trap of becoming focused solely on meeting their needs. However, we must consider how we serve.
Read MoreAs we go through our daily lives, are our actions and responses to storms teaching our kids that our foundation is rooted in the person of Jesus and the absolute truth of Scripture? Or, are we teaching them to lean on the things of this world, that only provide temporary solace?
Read MoreChristians vary in how much importance they give to this sacrament, from viewing it as a mere remembrance to almost starving for its perceived necessity for eternal rest.
Read MoreWhat do you want me to do this ministry and school year? What changes are you prodding me to make? What challenges might I face?
Read MoreBut it makes me wonder what would happen if we truly experienced the one who made the eclipse. What would that kind of devotion look like in our hearts, and what would it produce in our lives?
Read MoreI would like to share a final story that I hope will serve to inspire and encourage all of us in our covenant mission and display the all-surpassing power of our sovereign King. I remember a young 12-year-old girl who showed up in my office last year in utter desolation.
Read MoreForget our own ability to love well - it doesn't exist. We are naturally busted up... broken. And so are our kids. But we have a Savior who calls us friends, not slaves, and He is the source of all the fruit we can bear.
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