Abrianna Nelson: Grace and Faith in the Classroom

Abrianna Nelson: Grace and Faith in the Classroom

It was such a pleasure to have Abri lead our conversation on Saturday. I invited her because of the stories she told me once when we had coffee together: how she managed to keep up with and even love all the 130+ students she sees every day in her urban/suburban public high school classrooms.

Gary Brown on Life at Work and Life Alone: God is Present and at Work in Both

Gary Brown on Life at Work and Life Alone: God is Present and at Work in Both

Gary led us through a study of 1 Samuel 17, the story of David and Goliath. He made the point, among others, that God had been preparing David for this intense and famous event through weeks and months and years of (likely boring and lonely) shepherding work that provided plenty of down time for slinging rocks at other rocks, perfecting his aim. Sharpening up his harp-playing skills. It might have been hard for him