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Celebrate Students that Defy the Norm
(By: Geoff Brown) Generally, when I read the alarming studies about social media and screens – their detrimental impact on the lives of students – they tend to go ‘high level’: depression, anxiety, and, most tragic of all, self-harm. But, there is another area of concern that I have. More pervasive. And, dare I say…
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Protecting Education from the Disingenuous
(By: Geoff Brown) For ten years, the Greeks laid siege against the City of Troy. And, for ten years, their best stratagems and finest warriors made no progress. Until they gave up. Or, at least they appeared to give up. After a fruitless decade, the Greeks retreated and in the wake of their withdrawal, they…
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The Not-So-Subtle Difference Between Blue Sky and a Window – and Knowledge and Wisdom
(by: Geoff Brown) I could see daylight. The sun reflecting off the ripples of the pool’s water. I was baking in the Missouri humidity and that water looked enticingly cool. It beckoned. And, like any ten-year-old would, I responded enthusiastically to its call. At breakneck speed, I took off running down the hallway of that…
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Are Your Kids ‘Good to Go’? Jack’s story.
(by: Geoff Brown) I begin with an entirely true story which unfolded on this campus less than one month ago. Jack’s very first day of school ever. He is three-years-old and, with a newly minted six-month-old sister, he is the oldest child in the family. In the form of innumerable pictures, videos, Facebook posts, Instagrams,…
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[KCC Book Review] “Raising Gender-Confident Kids” – Summit Ministries Provides a Free Book and a Powerful Resource
(By: Geoff Brown) Nine pages. It is a full nine pages of reading before Dr. Kathy Koch and Dr. Jeff Myers pull in a single truth from God’s word. Having the audacity to handle a culturally combustible topic like gender, the two span a near half-chapter in their book, “Raising Gender-Confident Kids”, before they even…
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The Lasting Impact of Short-Term Missions at Northwest Christian School
(By Chris “Mr. G” Gardiner, Spiritual Formation Coordinator, Northwest Christian School) When people think of missions, they often picture long-term missionaries who devote years to serving in a community – like my Aunt Mary. She moved to Africa when she was nineteen-years-old and spent her life giving love away to the poorest of the poor. …
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Determined Spirits, No Matter How Small or Few, Fired by an Unquenchable Sense of Mission, Will Change the Course of History
(by: Geoff Brown) February 20, 1944. Archibald Mathies is the on-board flight engineer and turret gunner aboard a B‑17G bomber flying a mission over Leipzig, Germany. Flying low after delivering its payload, the bomber is strafed with enemy fire, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot and radio operator to the point that both are unconscious,…
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Do You Have Sand Between Your Toes?
(by: Geoff Brown) Teacher did her best but little Max just wasn’t having it. She had met her match in this four-year-old. The time-honored wisdom of emptying playground sand from your shoes after recess was not compelling enough for Max to untie his shoes, shake them out, put them back on, and retie them. In…
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(Our Kids and True Greatness) Things I Forgot to Tell the Children
(by Geoff Brown) When Destine, my youngest daughter, was in first grade, she had Mrs. Noland as a teacher. Thank God. Noland saved my parenting bacon on more than one occasion. (It was shortly after Noland’s year with me as a parent that she retired. To this day, in spite of whatever you might hear…
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(Our Kids and True Greatness) Imago Geoff vs. Imago Dei
(by Geoff Brown) The stakes could not have been higher. Some called it “the big game” or “Super Saturday”. An undefeated season full of preparation, training, skill development, and intense coaching. You could feel the electricity in the air, an invisible current that charged the crowd and the players. That’s right. 2nd grade rec soccer. …
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