Christian Education: Discipline as Discipleship
I am writing this at the beginning of August, with teachers and school leaders across the world gearing up for back-to-school craziness. It’s a bizarre mixture of excitement and trepidation, […]
Good Work: Learning to See Work as a Gift
I am starting to believe there is a difference between being a hard worker and having a good work ethic, and I think one of the main differences is how […]
Learning by Doing: Preparing People We Lead for Action
Several important things changed for my son during the summer between his 8th and 9th grade year of school. Not only was that the summer we moved from Iowa back […]
Compassion: A Childlike & Christlike Response to a Broken World
What happens when you see someone in poverty? I remember a time years ago when I heard a student’s mom talk about the first time she saw it. She wasn’t […]
Christian Education and Confronting Boredom
A number of years ago, I spent a week of my Bible class asking my students this question: “Would you describe your Christian life as exciting?” Out of roughly 150 students, I […]
Some Positives of Christian Education
As I think about topics to address concerning Christian education, I often find myself focusing on cautions and pitfalls. Things that Christian educators should watch out for and work to […]
A Pivotal Teaching Moment: Recognizing God’s Voice
God’s voice can get tuned out in the busyness of life—even of church life. Why is it important to teach people how to recognize his voice? I recently came across […]
Good News, Good Fear, and Good Change
The good news of Jesus brings good change, and that’s not always something that leaves us feeling warm and secure. For the last decade, I have been blessed to teach […]
