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
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
Scientific Storytelling, Part II: How Science Works
It is important that all students develop a deep understanding of the nature of science–its methods, aims, and limitations. Why? Students need this knowledge to grow into engaged citizens and leaders in a world deeply shaped by science and technology. This proficiency is all the more valuable for Christian students as they navigate the exciting but often challenging questions that … Read More
Entrepreneurship Education is Powerful, and When It’s Christ-Centered, It’s Transformative
For the last twelve years, students at Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy have been doing everything from managing a coffee bar and selling produce out of a greenhouse to starting a wood-fired pizza oven business and launching the world’s first fine-dining experience out of a high school teaching kitchen. And they’ve been calling it entrepreneurship education. At its core, true entrepreneurship … Read More
Scientific Storytelling, Part One: Living Like a Narnian
Do you know someone who is an amazing storyteller? When they speak, you hang on each word as they slowly spin a story that is as thrilling as it is moving. Or maybe you know that in whatever tale they are telling, there is a deep nugget of wisdom or a belly laugh right around the corner. Well, I am … Read More