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Our Annual Family Reunion
The 2026 Symposium Trail Ride is almost here, and we cannot wait! Last year, on our opening night at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, I was chatting with a few […]
One Mission, Many Roles: Why The CESA Symposium Is Designed for Your Entire School Team
A thriving school is never built by one leader, one department, or one compelling idea. It is built when people across...
Invidious: The Hidden Cost of Long-Term Leadership
There is a word I have been thinking about lately: invidious. It is not a word we use often, but perhaps administrators...
From Support to Strategy: Counseling in Christian Schools
Christian schools are, at their core, relational communities. We often speak of partnership. Partnership between school...
When Faith Is Assumed, Not Formed: A Challenge for Christian Educators
There is a quiet assumption that can settle into even the strongest Christian schools. It doesn’t announce itself. It...
Missed Signals: What Military Intelligence Can Teach Us
December 7, 1941, is the date President Roosevelt called one which would live in infamy. The story usually told about...
Student Leadership Development: Wild and Worth It
As Christian educators, we understand our responsibility to focus on the whole child. As James K.A. Smith declares in...
First Questions: On Teacher Recruitment
There is a question sitting beneath almost every strategic conversation I hear happening in Christian schools right...
Flourishing Through
FEW: A Case Study I taught Hannah as an undergraduate student. Hannah, Jake (her future husband), and I had lunches...
The Rest of the Story
My first car was one of Honda’s early US market entry models. Rather small, two-door with a faux back seat, a tiny...
Blog: A Memorial Day Reflection
“Peace is not the absence of war, but the presence of God” -LTC Page, Wake Forest University Army ROTC Battalion...