Category Archives: Volume 2 Issue 3

Meet a New Affiliate School – Grace Academy

A few months ago I received a call that went very much like this: “Hi. I’m Jack Appleby, headmaster at Grace Academy in Hagerstown, Md. I just found your Web site and have gone through it thoroughly. I think this is exactly what we have been looking for! Your statements sound exactly like the conversations [...]

Good Questions; Bad Timing

The presidential campaign of 1992 was very interesting. The candidates were: Republican George Bush, Democrat Bill Clinton and Independent Ross Perot. Their self aggrandizement seemed to be without end, and their diminishing opinion of each other had been clearly articulated. In other words it was a typical campaign. Then came the debates of the candidates [...]

Sending Them Off

Those last few moments were quiet in the car as we said goodbye. Mom gave me a hug, hiding the tears the best she could. I got out of the car, and walked up the steps of my new home-away-from-home. Mom drove away. I couldn’t understand then what she was thinking; I think I have [...]

Christianity and American Education

In 1776, John Adams made a statement that perfectly described the close relationship between government and Christianity in the newly created nation. He said “Statesmen . . . may plan and speculate for liberty, but it is religion and morality alone, which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand.” First he stated [...]

How Important Is Christian Education?

How important is Christian education for our children? For my parents, it was incredibly important. When I started kindergarten, my parents enrolled me in one of only two Christian schools in the entire area. Fortunately, that school was close to home and affordable. Unfortunately, it had a host of problems which forced it to close [...]

Camp Crawford

As a teacher in Roanoke (Va.) City Schools, Rachel Crawford realized there were a lot of inner city youth who needed an opportunity to get away from their bad environments. The result of that revelation: Camp Crawford. For more than four years now Rachel and her husband Steve have been welcoming youth into their home [...]