Double Black Diamond Journey
I had the great privilege of attending a conference in Phoenix, Arizona in February with some of my colleagues, Rachel and Jen. It was full of informative and uplifting sectionals and speakers, sparking our professional minds with new ideas and creative thoughts about our own ministry. But let’s be...
All I Want for Christmas…
My assistant loves Christmas music. I mean, loves, Christmas music. She started to ask in October, wondering if it might be too early for the merry tunes to fill our office. (Yes, yes, it’s too early). But now that it’s colder outside, she’s pretty sure they could be played...
We are not alone…
I had just grabbed my first cup of coffee and turned off the TV so I wouldn’t be distracted while doing my morning devotion. It’s hard to even watch the morning news these days, isn’t it? Death, bombings, COVID, financial crises, political struggles…ugh. Too depressing. So I turned off...
Just a little bit more…
This image caught me this morning. I opened my worn and tattered daily devotional to today’s page, and it gave me pause. I noticed how thin the remaining pages were, and how thick the pages I’ve read through. My first thought was, “Thank goodness that’s all we have left...
Our “For Now”, Not Our “Forever”
Are you exhausted from information overload? Ever since March, our work lives and personal lives have turned upside down. Every day we are inundated with emails, news programs, social media posts, articles, and conversations that seem to have new details, regulations, guidelines, mandates, laws, suggestions, and requirements. We make...
Are We Really in a Lose/Lose Situation?
I read a post this week that caused me to pause. It referred to school administrators trying to make decisions that will represent best practices this coming August in the midst of COVID-19. It said, in effect, some people will be mad if you wear masks; some people will...
Yes, He Heard You
“Since the first day that you set your mind to gain understanding and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them…Peace! Be strong now; Be stong” Daniel 9:17-19 How many times have I believed that my prayerful words fell...
Leading Those Who Matter
Those I lead are precious. They have been intricately woven together by God’s design, and He has given me the great privilege of allowing our paths to cross at this point in time. All of my staff members, lead teachers and assistants, have lives outside of our school walls. ...
Real Sin. Real Savior.
Real sins need real forgiveness. It’s to “real sinners that the Gospel reaches out” (Martin Luther, Faith Alone). When we recognize our sin, we recognize that we need a real Savior. And it’s in that moment that our very real God, reaches out and touches us with the Gospel...
“Just As”
In John chapter ten, Jesus is talking to a crowd of people about who He is, namely that He is the Good Shepherd. This was a familiar analogy to the people of this day, which symbolized that Jesus is the caretaker of His people. We are the sheep, the...