Mrs. K and Student Teaching at Dana Middle School

Student Teaching was tough for me, as it remains a challenge for every new teacher. One thing that most veteran teachers forget is how hard it is to be a teacher. My mentors acted as if they had it all figured out, although they seemed to make the same elementary...

Eve the Legalist

Before Eve succumbed to the temptation to eat the forbidden fruit, she succumbed to the temptation of legalism. When the serpent tempted Eve regarding the Lord's prohibition, she replied: "But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God...

No Need to Talk to Yourself

There is no further reason to challenge ourselves to be obedient– we receive the blessed message of our Lord and Savior, whose blood cries out forgiveness: "And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things...

Perfect Love Casts out Fear — Already!

"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love." I used to read this verse, convinced that if I got afraid, it meant that I still had to do something. It reads "He...