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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 doesn’t disrupt schedules or show up in lesson plans. In fact, […]
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...
Don’t Be a Victim of the Summer Slump
For development officers at independent schools, the summer offers a unique opportunity – the school activity...
Beauty from Ashes
As school leaders, one of our primary tools of the trade is the alumni story. After all, our alumni are the fulfillment...
The Interactions That Shape Trust: How Schools Sustain Family Engagement After Admissions
Having worked for over 13 years in a school business office, I learned something that still shapes how I think about...
Why I Still Believe in Christian Schools
A Veteran Head Reflecting on Decades in Christian Education It was December 1976… My fellow kindergarten classmates...