The Equalizer

Last week I told you about a former student named Ryan. Ryan was no angel, but the distinguishing character trait I described about Ryan was that he had integrity. He chose to tell the truth. In his letter to the Colossians, Paul made a big deal about telling the truth. As I wrote last week,…

Integrity

Two months ago, I told you a story about Brett. He was the kid who ditched school, drove around town smoking a cigarette, and later had to answer some of my questions – questions for which I already had answers. Brett had very little integrity. He was good at lying, because he practiced a lot….

Focused On Things Above

Note: Central Valley Christian School publishes The Cavalier as a quarterly newsletter to the CVC Society. This piece is my contribution to the February 2014 issue. —————————– A pastor once told me that a good sermon is one that is still remembered on Tuesday. Perhaps my pastor should set a higher bar, but if that…

The First Five Inches

Imagine a small 3 x 5 note card taped to the front wall of a classroom. Imagine another one taped right next to it and then another and another, until eventually there would be a long strip of white all the way around the room. Remember that picture of a string of white 3×5 note…

Since you’ve been raised with Christ …

Our Friday morning devotions this year are focused on Paul’s letter to the Colossians. There are four chapters in Colossians, so I’ve assigned one chapter to each quarter of the school year. In the first semester we worked our way through Colossians 1 and Colossians 2. In those first two chapters it seems that Paul…