There was once a student in the Grade 8 class at the last school where I taught. She was loud and belligerent, she was a total behavior problem in her classroom, and as a result, everyone shunned her.Because I was a Grade 5 French Immersion teacher on the first floor,...
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it." (Hebrews 13:2 NASB)It was a sweltering day in late Summer. I was a young dad working in a local lumber mill. It was dangerous, back-breaking work that...
It was my final year of teaching, and we had a new principal in our school. I don’t know if she was really tougher than our former principal, or if it just seemed that way because we weren’t used to her and she wasn’t used to us. Whichever way it was, it seemed to us...
Everything that we say or do communicates what we want others to know about us. Sometimes, we do this by the clothes that we wear. When I wear a bright green shirt, the comments that I receive indicate that I am bringing happiness to my friends with an Irish...
"Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, 'I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'" (John 8:12 ESV) "I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your...
"Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands." (Deuteronomy 8:2 NIV) "Then the Lord said to Moses, 'I will rain down...
"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me." (Revelation 3:20 ESV)"And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling. And my speech and my preaching were...