Silver Linings

I recently read a few submissions from a select group of teachers, students and parents who were asked to reflect on some positive outcomes of this season, a season rich with new vocabulary – pandemic, quarantine, social distance, masks and distance learning.  In my job as superintendent, I seldom have the luxury of self-reflection. I…

At Home, Along the Road, Lying Down, Getting Up

A prayer for teachers during the pandemic. Jesus, Lord and Savior, We read in the gospels how you discipled your own little cohort of 12 young men. On a mountainside you taught them that the meek will inherit the earth, those who thirst for righteousness will be filled, and peacemakers will be called sons of…

Living God’s Story – Let’s Pray

Our theme for the school year is Living God’s Story.  We know that God’s story has no beginning and no end, but the earliest part of the story we know about is when God created the world. The next major event is when humankind fell into sin and apart from God. The third chapter is about…