"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God." (1 John 4:7 NIV)“Ow, ow, ow, ow, OW!” I had just woken up and when I sat up I could feel my whole body hurting. My ankles were aching. My...
"Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk in it.'" (Is. 31:21 NIV)We began this series on Monday with a story of how, as a student teacher, I learned to love and respect my students, and this...
On Friday I told the story of how I spent two years with my back turned on my God-given calling to be a teacher. True, it wasn't totally within my control, as my wife was attending university in Tucson, AZ, and I couldn't get a job teaching French. And God is good,...
“My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3:1-2 NASB)It was a hard decision to leave my grade 2 classroom in northern Ontario and move to warmer...
Last week I told the story of how an illegal teacher’s strike led to my principal and his family all coming to know the Lord, as well as opening the door for a Bible club in an elementary public school.Being allowed to have a bible club, however, isn’t quite the same...
It was in the midst of the most glorious days of Bible club at my public elementary school that God began to give me that "heavenly nudge". Something was about to change, and I shouldn't fight it.It all began one day in the car. After leaving my class in the hands of...
Last Friday, in Lessons From the Classroom, Part 19, I told the story of how God picked me up out of my "self"-given plans of becoming a principal and set me back down on the right path: Back in the classroom.Unfortunately, I had a problem. I couldn't return to my...
