August 27, 2020 | Mark 10:32–45 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Do you ever need to be told something more than once before you truly get it? Or maybe you repeat something to yourself in order to truly remember it? As a Master Teacher, Jesus knew the power of repetition to help His followers learn. […]
August 26, 2020 | John 21:15–19 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue A test is designed to assess learning over a given period of time. What has the student learned, and, specifically, is there a “gap” in learning? A gap means that key pieces of knowledge and understanding are missing. Until that gap is filled, progress is […]
August 25, 2020 | Matthew 25:31-46 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue As a teacher, I have been given the opportunity to work with students of various needs. I have had the blessing of helping students with dyslexia (a reading disorder) move into becoming competent readers of God’s Word. And some of these students are now […]
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 […]