I was observing in one of our elementary classrooms this week and heard the teacher say something new-well, it was new to me. She was asking open ended questions about a geography lesson and had the...

This summer I had the great privilege to visit British Columbia and spend some time at Lake Louise (outside of Banff.) This unbelievably gorgeous "alpine" lake sits nestled in the Canadian Rockies....

On Labor Day weekend, a retired NFL football player, Ryan Holloway had his home in upstate New York trashed by 300 teenagers. They spray painted the walls, peed on the floor, broke furniture and...

I have the great privilege of leading an incredibly wonderful Christian school system. We have a preschool, two elementary schools and a junior high. About 70 people serve on our two campuses. And I...

In January of each year, our school has its annual shoe drive. It started over twenty years ago as I was searching for some local service projects for the kids to participate in. We decided to...

Cicero, a Roman orator and statesman wrote about the sword of Damocles. Translated by N.S. Gill, the story goes like this: "Dionysius (II) was a fourth century B.C. tyrant of Syracuse, in the Greek...

During the last few months of Jesus' ministry on earth (during the Perean Ministry), our Lord addressed several very important topics. He prophesied about His coming sufferings, He discoursed on the...

According to CNNMoney, it only takes $34,000 per person to be among the richest 1% of the people in the world. That figure is after taxes. So a family of four would have to earn $136,000 to be in...

If you follow me on Twitter ( @sherryworel), you know that I just returned from a whirlwind trip to Dubai and Afghanistan. Boy, those two worlds could not be any further apart. I spent just one full...

Each summer, as finances will allow, I try to travel somewhere new. And on my way back from those adventures I always ask myself a few questions...things like "What was your favorite memory?" or...

I recently found an old illustration that drives home the point that we must be precise with our words. And it made me laugh out loud. The article said, "A young monk arrives at the monastery. He is...

With the 50th anniversary of John Kennedy's death upon us, there have been all kinds of behind the scene accounts written. One of them had to do with the Zapruder's film. Apparently, within hours of...