Live With Flair

Two of my students serve as volunteer firefighters, and today we have a brief discussion about why one shouldn’t open windows during a house fire.

Today I prayed and confessed about one of the ways I know God wants to teach me to become more like Jesus: in His love

You’re home now. I say the expression to a teen wearied from stress and difficult social interactions. I say the expression to my middle schooler

When in distress, I wonder where we look for help. Today I love the encouragement to look to the Lord and His strength and to

If you’ve never considered how your punctuation marks advance arguments and create emotion in themselves, let me delight you. Let me change your life. Let

Last night, I ventured out in the cold with my husband to stand in line for Winter Jam seats alongside thousands of teens with their

I’m excited to read this new book by my favorite educator Parker Palmer. It’s called The Courage Way: Leading and Living with Integrity. In the

Today we lose our tree! The tree experts explained how the tree wouldn’t survive; it needed to come down. We realize how this tree–this witness

I stand at the kitchen window, as I always do, in the late afternoon. Today, the wind blows the snow off the tree limbs, and

Today I remember the blessing of helpful people. I thought of what characterizes such people: Helpful people live ready to assist. They reserve the energy,