What is the difference between a pessimist and an optimist? A pessimist...

Tough Love When I ask students, “What is love?” they think of scenes from TV dramas or movies — the ones that make your stomach flutter...

How did Jesus love His disciples?  To the end, with passion, and not leaving anything in the tank. "It was just before the Passover...

At the beginning of each school year, I have the privilege of sharing the Convocation message with the school community. The below is...

Most people we encounter fall into two categories: Unable-but-Willing and Able-but-Unwilling. (See the image on the right.) If you are a...

A professor once told me that there are four types of people: Willing and Able Willing but Unable Unwilling but Able Unwilling and Unable...

The term humility is rooted in the Latin word humilitas, a noun that means “humble,” “grounded” or “rooted in the earth,” and “low.”  The...

If you are considering going into teaching or are new to teaching, I hope and pray that you will find passionate mentors who will model the

In the greater Los Angeles area, some 50+ private schools--mostly religious schools--closed down in the past 20 years. There are a number...

A 14-year old boy from New Haven wrote the following poem, and it's insightful and sobering. It was spring, but it was summer I wanted,...

All great leaders say they answered the "call," but what does that mean to the rest of us? Is that call an audible voice? Is it something...

I like the Korean adage, “You don’t avoid crap because you are afraid of it. You avoid it because you don't want to step in it.” I...

I recently read an article that said that older people (and I’m referring to retirees and senior citizens) are happier than younger...

When Jairus the synagogue leader begged Jesus to come and heal his daughter, Jesus invited only three of His disciples to come...

“I got you.” “I got you covered.” “I got your back.” These are some comforting words, aren’t they? Whether we’re short on cash, strength,...

Back in 1971, way before the time of cell phones, emails, the internet, and wireless devices, Nobel Prize winning economist Herbert...

Sir Josiah Charles Stamp was a prolific man. He was an English industrialist, economist, civil servant, statistician, writer, and banker....

Have you noticed that some people avoid truths? A business acquaintance of mine avoids the truth about his own health. He’s a diabetic,...

Change, as Fullan (2007) and Hall and Hord (2006) indicate, is not a pleasant experience for most people. Some want to enjoy the benefits...

In the greater Los Angeles area, some 50+ private schools--mostly religious schools--closed down in the past 15 years. That's like 3 to 4...