O August 24, 2020 | Matthew 22 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Foster parents open their homes and lives to children whose lives have been upended by personal tragedy, and sometimes that opportunity comes about unexpectedly. My husband Michael and I were blessed to foster and later adopt two siblings, Jaclyn and John, who are both […]
August 23, 2020 | 1 Corinthians 13 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Caring for elderly parents can provide incredible blessings but also poses significant challenges. As my 81-year-old father lay in a cancer center for two weeks, we shared wonderful and sometimes tearful conversations. During one visit, he gave my brother and I an important request. […]
August 20, 2020 | Ephesians 2:1-10 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue A kindergarten teacher was trying to understand how she could teach her young students from a biblical worldview. At her Christian school, she spent time telling her students about their intrinsic value as God’s creation. That weekend, one of her boys unexpectedly used his mother’s […]
August 19, 2020 | Mark 11:12–26 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As a professor at Moody Bible Institute, I’ve enjoyed training the next generation of teachers. We tackle all sorts of subjects, one being how to engage children in mathematics. New teachers must understand how to help children approach “word problems.” Children often jump in and […]
August 18, 2020 | Luke 10:1-23 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Anyone who teaches will tell you that not every day is easy. You can have the most carefully prepared lesson plan, the most tried-and-true activity on your agenda, and still, your students may be irritable and inattentive. A key part of training future teachers is […]
August 17, 2020 | Matthew 17:14–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue When you were in school, did you ever get a paperback from a teacher covered with red marks? Maybe you took one look at it and threw it in the garbage or stuffed it into the abyss of your desk. As an educator, I have […]
August 16, 2020 | Matthew 16 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Did you ever sit in class and become nervous when a teacher asked you a question you didn’t know how to answer? Teachers know there is an art and science to asking purposeful questions. Closed questions require a “yes” or “no” answer or a factual […]
August 15, 2020 | Mark 4:1-20 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Change came slowly to our 55-year-old Christian school. As a new principal, I started to question the formal faculty dress code, especially when I saw one of our teachers, Miss Russell sliding feet first down the tall tunnel slide with her kindergartners, dressed in […]