Back to School

The kids are back in motion as home schooling gets going again this week. We work with a Classical Conversations group and they started back today, so we're getting a jump too before Labor Day. DeKalb, Sycamore, and NIU are also starting today so there's your prayer list for the week (year).

Yesterday's sermon was on hope. Our theme verse was Hebrews 10:23. " Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." True hope in Jesus is not a theory, concept, or a feel good dream. God and His Word are true and that hope does not waiver.

Where is your hope? Your 401k? Your house? Your career? Your toughness? The military? The government? Your rights?

The old hymn writer Edward Mote said it like this.

My hope is built on nothing less
 than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
 I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
 but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

 On Christ the solid rock I stand,
 all other ground is sinking sand;
 all other ground is sinking sand. 

Be Refreshed!


Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 25:21-22 21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. 22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you.

Scripture of the Day: 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 16 May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.

Quote of the Day: There are three good reasons to be a teacher - June, July, and August. Author Unknown

...the truth is mothers - and fathers - exert far more influence over their children's intellectual development than is commonly realised. In fact, more than three decades of research shows that families have greater influence over a child's academic performance than any other factor - including schools. - Family Research Council, The One-House Schoolroom (Sept 1995 issue of Family Policy)

An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected. - Thomas Moore

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward