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 […]
August 13, 2020 | Romans 12:9–21 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue During the Vietnam War, for the first time, people had the opportunity to visually “see” the realities of war. The nightly news showed footage of each day’s violence, and suddenly war became up close and personal. Horrified by what they saw, people wanted to take […]
August 12, 2020 | Luke 14 DEVOTIONS This Month’s Issue Did you ever sit through a class (or a sermon) and realize that you didn’t pay attention? For whatever reason, you simply missed the point . . . or you chose to ignore it. Good teachers know that successful lessons will create what is called […]