A story takes shape during the Battle of the Bulge during World War 2. Lt Lyle Bouk and 17 other soldiers (along with five artillery observers) were tasked with manning a quiet, Belgium outpost in Lanzerath. They knew it was a dangerous assignment due to its strategic location, due to […]
Dads, Stand Between Your Kids and Satan
As men, it is our job to spiritually protect our households. How do we do that and what does it look like? First and foremost, we must pray for our family. We must pray the Lord’s protection over them. Next, we must pay attention to the information which makes its […]
Public Education is Failing Men
Public education is failing men, both young and old. Truly, as a general rule(there are exceptions) it is failing all of our children. The current conceptual approach is out of touch and out of date. And more of us need to start talking about this. I am more convinced than […]
Remembered: June 6, 1944
I have shared this before, but it is worth sharing again and again… I was speaking to my class about D-Day one year. It was quiet. Almost instinctively, young people can sense the importance of that moment of history. I had finished talking, and then my assistant of 70+ years […]
D-Day Tribute: Andrew Jackson Higgins
Let me first be very clear, there are no braver men than those who ran up those beaches in a hail of German machine-gun fire on June 6, 1944. They road boats across turbulent seas, the door then dropped, and they immediately faced hell on Earth. The question of whether […]
The Tombs of Gerasenes
In the book of Mark, we are told of a man who lived among the tombs of Gerasenes. He had been chained on more than one occasion. He had broken those chains each time. Night and day he would cry out and cut himself with stones. He was a man […]
Movie/Play Review: Fiddler on the Roof
Fiddler on the Roof was met with mixed reviews when it premiered on Broadway in 1964. It ran smack in the face of undercurrents in some circles – it was too Jewish for many. I want you to watch the movie. I have seen the movie and the Broadway play. […]
The Book of Jonah
We begin this short book with God tasking Jonah to preach against the city of Ninevah. Jonah 1:1-2 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” He wasn’t […]
A New Product: Keepin’ it Reel in Education(ep 1)…..
Reels. Some funny. Some serious. Here is kind of a week in review in the world of local education. I hope you enjoy. 1. This is the sarcastic response most teachers would like to give to the following question when asked at team meeting or data conferences, “We just want […]