One of my favorite all time stories is John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress. Don't get too excited. I have not actually "read" the book (at least not in the full unabridged old English adult version), but I have read the student version and have shared a video telling the story with my class. In case you … Continue reading Only Buying the Truth
This week while finishing up our unit on Evolution vs. Creation in 7th grade Life Science, I added a lesson I have never before taught. Within in the realm of Creation Science, there are varying beliefs on exactly how the earth was created and how long that creation took. While I am not sharing my … Continue reading Does it Matter What We Believe?
" I Teach. What's your super power?" This cute gift from a student lives near the front of my classroom for my daily viewing. It reminds me of the kindness of the student that gave it to me. It reminds me that at least this one student feels that I might actually be a super … Continue reading Running on Super Power Fumes
Growing up in the Christian culture of the 80's and 90's, I thought I understood faith and the God that I loved. As a teen, I thought I had all of the answers and knew the way to live a life that served God. Being in the south, I thought that being a Christian was … Continue reading My Case For A Creator
While many of us are ringing in the new year with aspirations, goals and resolutions, many are also looking back to find 2018 to be either a year we do not want to forget or one to which we are glad to say goodbye. This seems to be a very common human progression in the … Continue reading A Year of Teaching
With the addition of our own personal camera that travels with us each minute of the day via our phone, I would expect that picture taking is now at an all-time high: the spontaneous selfie, the "capture this moment" parent photo, the daily Snapchat streak, or the the "can you believe what I just saw" … Continue reading A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Teaching in a Christian school often comes with many assumptions: every student understands his faith in the same way, all families have the same goals for their children as I have for their children, God means the same to all of us. The reality is much different than that. Students make their way into my … Continue reading Advent- Anticipated Coming
As a college student, my friends and I would often play a group game called "Two Truths and a Lie". We would each write two unique facts about ourselves that would be true and one item that would be believable but not true. The purpose of the game was to get to know each other … Continue reading Two Truths and A Lie
In this season of thanksgiving, many ideas cross our minds that we find ourselves thankful for. We might be thankful for the few days off to spend with family and friends. We might be thankful for a day of food and football. We might be thankful for a day dedicated to the sport of Black … Continue reading “Extol” Him with Music and Song
Teaching Beyond the Norm 