Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith...Read More
Growing up in Texas with grandparents that lived halfway across the state, our vacations were generally loading up the four of us kids into the van and driving six or more hours from Dallas to the wind and sand swept plains of Lubbock. I look back on those trips with great fondness and joy. There...Read More
What a great week! From the creative costumes, to the ear-piercing screams of the Ram Jam, this Spirit Week has been the best ever. We can’t talk about Spirit Week, though, without a shout out to the courageous moms and dads who are showing up tonight at 5pm to take on their much younger and,...Read More
Christmas changes everything. What a blessing it was to spend time with our community last night at our Christmas Candlelight Chapel and again this morning with the always fun and memorable Christmas Hymn Sing Chapel. There is nothing quite like listening to young children singing the great hymns of Christmas, worshiping and praising our Lord...Read More
Earlier this week, our faculty and staff gathered together for a time of training and fellowship. Our teachers gained a new perspective: they had the opportunity to be students in Heritage classrooms as Mrs. Mamie Breaden led a Nature Studies class and Dr. Anthony Sciubba and Mrs. Michelle Bishop led a high school Humanities class....Read More
As I write this, I am sitting with colleagues from across the country who have come together in Richmond, VA to discuss classical and Christian education. It occurs to me that we are here as a direct result of an event that we will celebrate on Monday, October 31. No, it’s not Halloween. On October...Read More
Running Toward It has been an incredible start to the school year, and I am so grateful for the grace and flexibility you have shown us as we continue to work to complete our construction projects. Whether it was a delayed butterfly release for our lower school, a delayed convocation for our upper school, or...Read More
“Rhetoric to Reality” If you watch any coming-of-age movie or show about students and high school, you’re immediately hit with the fact that those two are at war. The bumbling principal, the “cool” teacher that doesn’t listen to the bumbling principal, the rule-following teacher that is in constant conflict with the cool teacher, and then...Read More
“The Hour Had Come” The night before Christ was crucified was a busy night. Jesus institutes the Lord’s Supper, washes His disciple’s feet, pulls the curtain on Judas, issues the “new commandment”, and, of course, the events in the Garden of Gethsemane that led to his arrest and trial. That Thursday evening was a full...Read More
Dear parents, It’s been a busy few weeks leading up to spring break. I’m hoping to not hear the word “leak” in reference to gas or water for a few days! But even through all of that, God has been so faithful and gracious. Whether it was our amazing faculty and staff executing a last-minute...Read More
Dear parents, We belong to an engaged and unified community. We see the manifestation of that community in so many ways throughout the year, whether it be at Parent Night, the Fall Auction, or the many and various gatherings of our families as they do life together. These tangible expressions of our community are the...Read More
Each time we get to Christmas and begin to read the different scriptural references to the birth of our Savior, I am always struck by one phrase in the story. The shepherds are out in the fields where the angels announce the birth of Christ. Following this proclamation, they head off to Bethlehem to find...Read More
Men and Women of Substance What an incredible day at Heritage Prep! Our two campuses were filled with captivating and compelling events and we celebrated the hard work of the students, faculty, and staff. Thank you grandparents for coming out to support your grandchildren. Many of you asked to share in writing my remarks this...Read More
It’s hard to believe that we are at the end of October. No matter how many years I’ve been doing this, it never ceases to amaze me how fast the days, weeks, and months go. It’s even crazier to think that, before we can blink, it will be Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. Even though I...Read More
“What does Jerusalem have to do with Athens?” Tertullian’s question is just as important today as it was some 1800 years ago, if not more so. The question seeks to find the link, the relationship, of secular learning (i.e., Athens) and Christian learning (i.e., Jerusalem). In other words, does or can Christianity inform our learning,...Read More
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. -I Corinthians 15:14 This weekend isn’t about Easter egg hunts, pastel colors, or being able to finally wear white shoes. It’s about something much bigger, much more important. In fact, all of Christianity rests upon this event we...Read More
As Tracy and I were enjoying some time together listening to Christmas music this week, one of our all-time favorite Christmas songs, The Little Drummer Boy, began to play. It was the classic Bing Crosby version, and, as music has the power to do, it immediately took me back to my childhood. I have vivid...Read More
There are very few verses that challenge me more than 1 Thessalonians 5:17-18: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, In everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” The adverbs contained in these verses are overwhelming for me most days. When you overlay these verses onto specific events in...Read More
With the election next Tuesday, I thought I’d take this President’s Post to share my thoughts on the two candidates for President of the United States. Now that I have your attention, what I really want to talk about are two of my favorite words in scripture: but God. Those two words change everything. …they...Read More
Dear Heritage family, There are moments in time that just feel bigger, more important, where the decisions made and actions taken have an exponential impact on the trajectory of a story: that moment you stand in front of family and friends and utter those two simple words, “I do”; the moment you hear the words...Read More
