A cold March wind is currently howling outside my window; I watch with fascination as trees bend and sway under its force. I have already been outside once to rescue my kids’ toys from hurtling off our front porch into our neighbor’s yard. Grounded. This one word emerges in my mind and sticks there as … More When Culture Winds Blow…
George Washington is so old school! Yawn…let’s talk about someone interesting! If that’s your first response to yet another book about George, you are about to be surprised! EPL Russ reviews this readable yet informative book about our first president. Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You’ve Never Seen Him by Glenn Beck was a … More Book Review: Being George Washington
As followers of Jesus Christ look at the evolving culture in the United States, it is easy to see that it is drifting away from its Judeo-Christian roots. Yet when asked how Christians should engage with the culture, many are at a loss of how to respond. EPL Krista reviews what has become a classic on … More How now…
You are Invited! February 1 – 3, 2017 WEDNESDAY – FRIDAY Join together with fellow Christian school leaders (early education, elementary, secondary, and higher education) from around the world to cast a unified vision for the years ahead. Calling all Christian school leaders, at every level of education, around the country and around the globe! WE … More Global Christian School Leadership Summit
Dear Teacher who plans and executes your own student educational travel program, You are amazing. As if your daily life as an educator weren’t busy enough with teaching, grading, meetings, family, and any extracurricular activities you may oversee… Your passion for the value of student travel runs so deeply that you also pour hours and … More Do you plan your own student travel?
“It must be nice to get the whole summer off each year!” Can you even count how many times you have heard one version or another of this statement? Although it would be nice if teachers really had three months of sleeping in, relaxing by the pool, enjoying their favorite shows or books, etc., we … More Misconceptions of “Summer Off”
“Together 2016 is a chance to link arms, to lift a unified sound, and ask Jesus to reset our generation. He’s done it before. He can do it again.” Desperate times call for desperate measures. One glance at the current spiritual trajectory of our American culture reveals that we are indeed in desperate times. And so, … More Together on the National Mall – 7.16.16
Have you noticed that every year Halloween seems to be getting bigger and bigger? Halloween décor occupies more and more aisles in the stores. And the number of neighborhood lawns filled with scary-looking ghosts, witches, black cats, and mummies seem to have doubled or tripled from past years. While some of you (or your neighbors) … More Nothing to Fear
We enjoy and appreciate our Education Program Leaders! They are an eclectic group of individuals who are passionate about Jesus! It is fun to see the different ways they express their faith and reach out to the greater community! Corrie is much loved by the students she meets each year while leading programs throughout the … More Because “late” isn’t always a bad thing…
Krista has been a part of the ACTS team since 2010 leading students throughout the historic East Coast. She is an enthusiastic storyteller whose passion for Jesus and America shine as she champions young people and adults to live their lives for a greater purpose! Check out Krista’s blog post on crossexamined.org where she addresses the question: … More Krista: Program Leader-Blogger-Worldchanger
Only One Life 