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If one were to conduct a nation-wide poll of private school leaders asking them to identify the greatest threat to the health, stability, and future of their schools, undoubtedly there would be a myriad of opinions. Negative influences… Continue Reading
A leadership crisis is looming in America. The current generation of leaders is not adequately passing the baton of leadership to the next generation. Let’s review the facts: The baton is not being passed in business. Five hundred of the… Continue Reading
Watching “The Andy Griffith Show” is one of my favorite ways to unwind after a long day. The DVDs from the library have the original sponsor spots which closed the shows. These old commercials are fun to watch, but one thing really bothers… Continue Reading
I am glad to be invited into this conversation, but I need to make it clear up front that I am the Christian leader of a school instead of the leader of a Christian school – I head up a Classical Core Knowledge Charter School. While I know… Continue Reading
Nuance. My gut tells me this is an important word in this discussion. Our role in teenagers’ spiritual lives is not primarily one as authority, but as example. That was not the case when they were younger. We adults – educators and parents… Continue Reading
I agree that “academic training in a Christian context IS spiritual formation.” While there is more to spiritual formation than training the mind there should not be less. Intellectual training is an important component of spiritual… Continue Reading
The fashionable fallacy is that by education we can give people something that we have not got… [U]nless you can save the fathers, you cannot save the children; that at present we cannot save others, for we cannot save ourselves.” — G.K… Continue Reading
Serving schools in two cities affected by the tech bust eight years ago, I saw the effect that a tight economy has on parents’ decisions about private school. First, it becomes evident very quickly that private school tuition falls into… Continue Reading
Thirteen year old girls don’t take women seriously who wear ugly shoes.” At least that was the argument I gave my husband when he commented on the sudden increase in my shoe collection shortly after I started teaching middle school… Continue Reading
One of the most helpful ways to tackle the question of “spiritual formation” is to step back and ask very basic questions like, “What is the goal of education?” “What kind of person are we trying to form?” If we answer them well, the… Continue Reading
An answer to this question needs to first address underlying assumptions: What is the purpose of Christian education? What is the nature of truth? What is the gospel? What is required of discipleship? The purpose of Christian education is… Continue Reading
When I was a youth pastor, I had what many would call a demanding and teaching-based ministry, so all this talk of spiritual formation reminds me of similar discussions I used to have with parents. They wanted the youth group to be less… Continue Reading
