Taking part amid seasonal change
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Taking part amid seasonal change

The weather is finally starting to cool down (sort of) and we are marching into myfavorite season of all – Fall! I don’t know why this is my favorite time of year, having beenborn and raised right here in the middle of Texas, we don’t really have much of a true Fall.Nonetheless, it is my...

Chaos is what happens right before change.
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Chaos is what happens right before change.

As I sit down to write this month’s article, there is much swirling around in my brain. Have you everseen that meme that says, “My brain is like an internet browser: 12 tabs are open, 5 are not responding,there’s a GIF playing on an endless loop and where is that annoying music coming from?” So...

Equipping Students and Teachers
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Equipping Students and Teachers

As I sat down to write this month’s article, I was once again reminded just how quickly this year has flown by. It is already August! Then I quickly realized, as I looked at my calendar, that school begins in just a few short weeks for all kids and college students. As educators, parents, and...

Sharing Lessons Learned
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Sharing Lessons Learned

This past week I had the opportunity to interview with the Central Christian ChurchScholarship Committee and I must admit that I was a wee-bit nervous. I know that they all knowme, but I was not sure what questions might be asked of me so, naturally I was a bit apprehensiveas I signed into the Zoom...

Extending a Welcome
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Extending a Welcome

As we move towards gathering with one another for worship, I look forward to being in the samespace with you all. Worship will still not be “normal”, but it will be our new normal, at least for now. As theworld begins to open back up, we will continue to cautiously proceed with our gatherings and...

Six Months In
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Six Months In

As we inch into the seventh month mark of the pandemic shutdown, I have been pondering how I might illustrate this time to someone in thirty or forty years. I read an article recently by Dr. Aisha Ahmad in which she shared how the sixth month mark in any sustained crisis is always difficult. Well,...