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 […]
Memorial Day and the Bixby Letter
Today, we take a moment to pause and remember those in the American military who never made it home. How does one find the words to thank someone and their family for paying the ultimate price in the name of freedom? Sons, daughters. Fathers, mothers. Husbands, wives. Gone to soon. […]
My terms?
Fix the mistake. Clean house. Get people into ASC who have been in the classroom during the past decade. Hire people who will listen to the people instead of circling up the wagons. Don’t answer honest questions from citizens with prickish responses. Do what is best for students and families […]
When Giants Fall
I keep a bag of rocks on my nightstand. They are from the Valley of Elah. 35 years ago, I stepped onto that dry creek bed and picked them up. Smooth. About the size of a quarter. David vs Goliath…. I picture Goliath walking into the rolling valley which separated […]
Part II: What do we do when faced with wickedness?
What do we do when faced with wickedness to quote a good friend? We dig one more well than our enemies can fill in! In the desert and dry climates, water sources are crucial. Water is the difference between life and death. In the Valley of Gerar, Isaac moved his […]