Teaching French: Law v. Grace

I wish I had learned more about the dynamic between law and grace in my life. I think that I would have been a better teacher, or I would have quit right away. I loved being  a French teacher, or at least I loved teaching the material, as long as I was...

Not Unpredictable, But Unmanageable

I used to think that the reason I did not like being a teacher, or rather that I enjoyed being a teacher less and less because I was frustrated with the unpredictable nature of the job. Now I have learned that not so much the unpredictable nature of the work —...

Jesus Christ — Closer to You than You Realize

Jesus Christ is alive and well and real and easy to behold and let him hold you and let you be. I have the hardest time resting in Him, resting in the truth that He has all things covered, that He has been moving in my life since the moment that He found me. I was...

The Failure of Leadership

Schools are struggling these days, in large part because administrators either cannot or will not take the lead when it comes to student curriculum and discipline. I remember one instance at a local high school, in which two students had begun lying about me to a...

Koch and Keystone: A Connection?

What gives anyone the impression that the Koch brothers have anything to do with XL Keystone project? Congressmam Mike Pompeo (R-KS) sold his interest in an aerospace company connected with the Kock brothers five years before coming to...

Truth is Not a Possession

"Everyone has their truth." "Well, that's the truth that works for you." "Well, you have your truth, and I have  my truth." Such relativistic pragmatism is in vogue these days, yet these notions war against the very idea of...