Superintendent's Thoughts

Episodes

1. 15

   The Beginning or the End?

   This week I had the privilege once again to be a part of our High School graduation ceremony. It never fails to inspire me to see these young men and women poised and ready to move on to God’s calling for the reminder of their lives. This is often a huge step in their quest for independence. From...

   May 28, 2010
2. 14

   Another Lesson Learned

   Another Lesson Learned After quite a few years of living and learning I have discovered that life lessons can be gleaned from both unusual and unexpected situations. For that reason, in every moment that God gives us breath we must open eyes, ears, minds and hearts to recognize when and where God...

   Feb 11, 2010
3. 13

   Repair, Rebuild, and Return

   When a new year begins, especially this year at the beginning of a new decade, we always grow a bit nostalgic. As we look back and reflect we also look forward. I am sure by this time you have heard and read enough about the woes of the past decade, referred to by some as the most difficult…

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   Jan 17, 2010
4. 12

   Corrective Vision

   Corrective Vision We hear a lot about “vision” today. People will frequently have a Vision Statement regarding their own future and calling, churches have a vision how they desire to do ministry in the community, and businesses have a vision how to grow their market share or their customer base....

   Dec 7, 2009
5. 11

   Gratitude: Full-Time or Part-Time?

   As the leaves fall and the air cools, we just feel the changes that surround us. It is more evident every day that a new season is approaching and another season is closing down. As we look at our calendars and plan our coming weeks, Thanksgiving and Christmas are just around the corner!...

   Nov 10, 2009
6. 10

   Cleaning Up!

   Cleaning Up A colleague of mine shared an interesting and insightful acronym regarding relationships, particularly regarding responding to the relationships in your life that have become, for lack of a better term, messy.I love people, I love to be with people, but involvement in any relationship...

   Oct 2, 2009
7. 9

   Slow Down!!

   I remember well my mother telling me frequently as an active young boy to “slow down.”I was quite convinced that slowing down was a type of punishment and a ploy to hamper my idea of fun.Now a few years later, I am starting to better understand her words of wisdom.Slowing down is not necessarily…

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   Jul 7, 2009
8. 8

   T- Shirts and Bumper Stickers

   I am sure that you have, as I have, chuckled, marveled, been groused about, offended, or even inspired by some of the clever sayings, thoughts, and slogans that we find today on t-shirts and bumper stickers. For those expressions that are worthy of our consideration it is a real skill to reduce a...

   May 5, 2009
9. 7

   A Bug and a Wish

   As the world seems to be spinning faster and faster and our lives are turning right with it, face-to-face conversations are a dying art.It seems strange that now that we have more tools for communication than we have ever had at our disposal we have more breakdowns in communication than we have...

   Mar 23, 2009
10. 6

    Abiding and Abounding - Feb. 2009

    Recently I was blessed by a devotional given by a friend of mine to a group of educators. As he shared I was struck with two words he used which seemed to be exactly what I needed to hear in these uncertain times. Abiding and abounding – words probably translated in other versions of the Bible as...

    Feb 12, 2009
11. 5

    New Year's Resolutions

    New Year’s Resolutions The changing of the calendar to a new year, in this case 2009, usually leads us to think about changes that we are going to make for the new year. A fresh start and a new resolve give us the courage to think that things are going to be different this time. At one time such...

    Jan 13, 2009
12. 4

    Does the Christmas Season Feel Different to You This Year?

    The headlines are filled with economic woe. We are surrounded by uncertainty. Many are experiencing layoffs and reductions in income. We are told almost instantaneously whether Black Friday or Cyber Monday was successful or above or below projections. Bad news seems to travel even faster than…

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    Dec 15, 2008
13. 3

    Dedicated to God's Service!

    I want to take this opportunity to invite you to attend the Open House and the Dedication of our newly renovated High School. The date is Thursday, November 13, with the Open House from 5 to 8 PM and the dedication at 7 PM. The question really is what does it mean to dedicate a building and why…

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    Nov 11, 2008
14. 2

    What is going on at Holland Christian?

    I am sure that was the question asked by many folks that frequently or even occasionally traveled 40th street or Ottawa Ave this summer. One could not miss the volume and the scope of the construction project this summer – sometimes seeing huge portions of the high school no longer in place and...

    Sep 15, 2008