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Biblical Integration – What Does It Really Mean?

Biblical Integration, Blog, Discipleship, Faith Learning, Integration, Spiritual Formation | December 2, 2022

How does Biblical integration work? When we say we put God into every subject, what exactly does that mean? Does the teacher choose a verse to say with the spelling words or throw in a Scripture reference for good measure? For many people, Biblical integration is a...

Inviting Students to JOY

Biblical Integration, Blog, Faith Learning, Spiritual Formation | November 1, 2022

Teaching is not for the faint of heart. It can be costly. What keeps us going? Answers to that question might be as varied as the stories God is writing in each of our lives. I suspect part of the answer for most teachers is joy, a sense of purpose and hope that...

The Lost Art of Catechism, Part 2

Biblical Integration, Blog, Discipleship, Faith Learning, Spiritual Formation | October 27, 2022

As I mentioned in a previous post about this topic, our school uses catechism as part of the spiritual formation of students. The use of catechism as an instructional tool has a long history. The history of its use is comparatively short in North America, where it...

In-Forming: Christian Education as Spiritual Formation

Blog, Character Development, Discipleship, Leadership, Spiritual Formation | October 20, 2022

Informing about Formation to Our Students At the beginning of every school year, I spend two days in each of my classes unpacking my personal philosophy of education (much of which has been deeply impacted by James K.A. Smith’s outstanding book, Desiring the Kingdom)....

Does Your School Bus Need to Make a U-Turn?

Accountability, Blog, Discipleship, Social-Emotional, Spiritual Formation | October 18, 2022

As an educator, you may feel at times like you are watching your students ride down a bumpy road on a bus going the wrong direction and you are running behind, out of breath, trying to catch up to turn it around. Here I was, as the principal, feeling like we were on...

But I Thought I Was Hired to Teach

Biblical Integration, Blog, Classroom Culture, Discipleship, Faith Learning, School Mission, Spiritual Formation, Teaching Strategies | September 29, 2022

This is a pep talk about an elephant in the classroom: Must Christian educators also be youth pastors? What am I talking about? My story is a little embarrassing, but if you are like me, it might be encouraging. If you are not like me, it might help you understand...