One by one the middle schoolers loaded into vehicles to take an overnight trip to Lake Swan. As a parent chaperone, I remembered when my now 8th grader took her first Lake Swan trip two years ago. The same giggly excitement she had the night before back then was repeated two years later. When we […]
Power of Observation
My children and I were walking up to the Lively House recently one morning when we noticed a large hawk land at the top of a nearby oak tree. My son excitedly pointed it out to his bird-loving friend. Soon, a large group of kindergarten through second graders were all standing together on the playground […]
Linked to Antiquity
Surely national history is sufficient! Why learn the history of ancient Rome, Europe, and Asia? In this modern era shouldn’t we solely focus on advancement of the future and disregard the unchangeable past? Surprisingly, what we discover amazes us. Time, location, dress, technology, ideology, and culture may alter, but character- the basic core of humanity, […]
Strategic Withdrawal
In Mark 6:31-32 Jesus was speaking to his disciples. He said to them, “Come away to a deserted place all by yourselves and rest a while.” For many were coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat. And they went away in the boat to a deserted place by themselves. What a […]
Blessed are the Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” – Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount In 1965, 100 years after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, and after more than a decade of intense struggle from the Civil Rights Movement, the President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, submitted […]