“You’re just trying to keep kids in the dark ages!” “Well, better that than have them live their lives on a laptop!” It was one of the most heated debates I’d seen, and it was only 11 minutes into a full day of professional development I was leading at a Christian school. Artificial Intelligence has changed many of our assumptions … Read More
Schools that Inspire: Do you Belong?
A Short Review of 2024-25 This year’s Schools that Inspire series showcases an extraordinary array of Christian schools around the world, each deeply rooted in its cultural context yet unified by a common mission to nurture students in faith and learning. From Memphis to Ghana, England to Indonesia, and Guatemala to British Columbia, the featured schools exemplify innovative approaches to … Read More
Leading in an AI World: Adapting Appropriately
This is the third in a four-part series that looks at the theological foundations for a faithful response to AI in Christian schools. This post is an excerpt from Paul Matthews’ book A Time To Lead. Let me give you the bottom-line up front: the world we are teaching in now is radically different than it was three years ago. We … Read More
Scientific Storytelling, Part 4: Science Fiction and Fictional Science
In the first three parts of this series on scientific storytelling, we explored how students bring their own stories into the classroom, how the history of science reveals subtle but important elements of how science works, and how stereotypes can limit whether students feel they belong in the story of science. In this fourth and final part, we’ll look at … Read More
Group Vibe: From Creating to Healing in the Classroom
Shifting to a posture of healing has helped me navigate situations that earlier would have seemed overwhelming.
Practicing Incarnational Christian Education: Embracing the Place, Time, and Community of Your Call
The context Duncan Christian School (DCS) exists on the ancestral (recognizing that land was traditionally passed down from one generation to the next), traditional (recognizing that these lands were traditional hunting, fishing, recreating, and family-making lands of a people group), and unceded (recognizing that the land was taken and never given over) territory of the Cowichan Tribes. This location is … Read More
Leading in an AI World: Engaging Ethically
This is the second in a four-part series that looks at the theological foundations for a faithful response to AI in Christian schools. This post is an excerpt from Paul Matthews’ book A Time To Lead. In the first installment of this four-part series, we looked at how intentionally living under the lordship of Christ would allow us to navigate … Read More
Scientific Storytelling, Part 3: Who is a Scientist?
In Part 2 of this series on Scientific Storytelling, we explored how stories from the history of science richly demonstrate the nuanced and sometimes surprising ways that science works. I shared the story of Einstein’s biggest blunder and highlighted a few insights into the nature of science that the story demonstrates. One of my big takeaways from studying the nature … Read More
The Genius of the AND
I’m guessing each of you has encountered concepts that captured your imagination and led to a personal core value from which you now operate. Allow me to share one of mine with you. I first read about the “Genius of the AND” in Jim Collins and Jerry I. Porras’ book Built to Last. This quotation explains the central concept: Builders … Read More
Leading in an AI World: Living Under Lordship
This is the first in a four-part series that looks at the theological foundations for a faithful response to AI in Christian schools. This post is an excerpt from Paul Matthews’ book A Time To Lead. “Where on earth do I even start?” This is one of the most common sentiments I hear as I work with schools to help … Read More