2026 NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. 1 Chronicles 16:24, NASB Most days, it’s hard to see how daily life in the classroom connects to something eternal. But the National Day of Prayer theme reminds us that sharing God’s glory with all nations and generations is not reserved […]
THE JOY HE PLACES AROUND US
I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. John 15:11, NIV Teaching brings me joy. I look forward to going to work each day. There is joy in watching a student understand something for the first time or seeing one child encourage another. […]
THE GIFT OF TEACHING
The Lord’s bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, skillful in teaching, patient when wronged. 2 Timothy 2:24, NASB When did you first realize you were called to teach? For some, that realization came in a classroom. For others, it showed up much earlier in life in the way you explained things […]
MORE THAN A TEACHER
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as being from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God. 2 Corinthians 3:5, NKJV Because of the gifts and abilities God has deposited within us, we can interact with students, staff members, and parents with confidence, knowing that God Himself has equipped us. Your […]
PERSONAL REVIVAL
And it will be said, “Build up, build up, prepare the way, remove every obstacle out of the way of My people.” Isaiah 57:14, NASB During the last decade of my career, I always spent the latter part of the last full month of school preparing for the next school year. With state testing over […]
DISAPPOINTMENT WITH GRACE
Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.” Then she kissed them […]
NOT FAIR
“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Exodus 14:14, NIV It was pep week at our high school, and the coronation celebration would include the usual array of gym-floor games. I had agreed to be part of the staff vs. wrestling team tug-of-war, relieved it couldn’t possibly involve dancing. My […]
THEY’RE TAKING A TEST…BUT THEY’RE WATCHING YOU
“Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.” Psalm 105:4, NLT It is the middle of a testing session. Students are on their computers, clicking through questions, some moving quickly while others sit staring at the screen. You glance around the room. One student is clearly frustrated. Another keeps looking around, unsure […]
OBEDIENCE…FOR THE BIRDS
Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and […]
IMAGE-BEARERS
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27, NIV I don’t know about you, but reading this verse stops me dead in my tracks…I am created in the image of God Himself. Since this is true, why do I […]