Tag Archives: K.I.S.S.

Change Your Mind

  Romans 12:2b (CEV) Let God change the way you think. If you’re willing, God is able.  

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Just Education

Should education just be about academic skills–reading and writing, math and science? Should schools teach justice–right from wrong? What does a just society do about poor-performing schools? Just questions . . . with no simple answers.

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Where’s Sin?

  Genesis 4:7 (NIV) Sin is crouching at your door.   Don’t let it trip you.

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Schoolhouse Laments

  Education! Lots of room to lament, especially during this season of isolation.   Students lament the  loss of contact with friends. Parents lament their new roles as home educators. Teachers lament the students’ lack of progress. Taxpayers lament the … Continue reading

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Unintended, Not So Simple

Anybody out there saying, “I really, really hope our kids never learn to read.” Raise your hand. No hands? Thought not. The US NAEP exam (National Assessment of Education Progress) is given every year to 600,000 students from all over … Continue reading

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Clean Hands

Psalm 24:3-4a (GW) Who may go up the Lord’s mountain? Who may stand in his holy place? The one who has clean hands and a pure heart.   Good deeds and pure thoughts. Not as simple as it sounds. Lord, … Continue reading

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Singing Birds

A simple prayer from my childhood: “Thank you for the world so sweet.   Thank you for the food we eat.   Thank you for the birds that sing.   Thank you, God, for everything.”

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A Simple, Peaceful Home

Proverbs 21:9 (NLT) It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home.   It’s simple. A quarrelsome home is never lovely.  

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Short and Simple

  Let me take a minute to remind you why I keep things short and simple. Lot’s of folks don’t like to read. It shouldn’t cut them off from Bible truths.   Think about Jesus: Let your light shine. Turn … Continue reading

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A Simple Worldview

  A biblical worldview–short and simple:     The beginning . . . Genesis 1:1 (NIV) In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. And the end: Revelation 22:20b-21 Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. The grace of the Lord … Continue reading

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