A good friend of mine told me about this podcast from last week. Shawn Ryan interviews Jeremiah Johnston. I immediately listened to the first 1:50(one hour, 50 minutes) of this. Those minutes are all about Jesus. There is a conversation about what damage a Roman flagrum would have done to […]
We are His
The first Easter. Jesus was executed on a Friday. He died around 3:00PM. He was speared after his death. Water poured from his side. The Roman crucifixion process was both deadly efficient and cruel. The Romans made sure Jesus was, in fact, dead. Sunday morning comes. I don’t know if […]
Darkness
Jerusalem. Golgatha. Place of the skull. From noon to three in the afternoon, three crosses stood dimly backlit against this backdrop of suffocating darkness. The shadow of death had surely descended upon this place. On the middle cross, an innocent man was nailed. Earlier in the day, the crowds had […]
The Passover
It was a night unlike any other. The Angel of Death struck down the first born of Egypt. Hebrew people had taken lamb’s blood and marked their doorways so that tragedy would pass over them. Jesus would come to Jerusalem for Passover. He would give up His life as our […]
My Reading List
In this blog, you will find several posts about the religious persecution of Christian, public school educators. It is a serious, ongoing problem. It isn’t going away. So, maybe it shouldn’t surprise many when you look at my reading list from the past few months. You are going to find […]
People don’t leave jobs, they leave bosses.
The title of the video below is “Rock Bottom.” It is apt title and well worth your viewing time, Educator customer service needs to be at the top of the list of things we need be addressing this BOE election cycle. Our best principals understand and work at this every, […]
Part 4 Election Primer: Invest in People
Many years ago, I was watching Billy Graham on Larry King Live one evening. One thing led to another, and I don’t remember the exact quote. But Graham noted that one of the most important things which we can do is to invest in people, not money. That stuck with […]
St Patrick: A Testimony to Faith and Steadfastness
Ireland during 5th century AD was devoutly pagan. Many were Druid. At best, Druids conformed to what today we would call witchcraft and dark stuff at that. Some historians believe Druids even performed human sacrifice. It was an island that had conformed to darkness. And yet God sent a man […]
Part 3 Election Primer: The Importance of Hiring and Retaining Top Teachers and Administrators
This is one of my favorite topics. I think BOE candidates should address several things about how teachers are prioritized. It might be the second most important thing they address. Why? Any school system is only as good as they teachers they hire. Great administrators don’t focus on data. They […]
Part 2 BOE Election Primer: Growth vs Achievement?
While I am no fan of the data driven model, if we are forced to use data as the main indicator of school success, then what data metrics should we use? Do BOE candidates prefer growth or achievement(proficiency) metrics to measure school success? The answer to those two questions is […]