God of love, who is Love Himself, Please pour Your love on me. I am weak, needy, and imperfect, and I need...

Perhaps a student has just moved into your area from another country and does not speak English. Or perhaps...

Last year, I welcomed a new sidekick into my classroom. After only a few weeks of school, he had earned the...

“I have an ouchy on my toe,” Savanna announced. As I gave Savanna a band-aid, I asked, “Can you put it on?” I...

I splurged last Christmas and got my students three gifts. One was free—a collection of about twelve...

“So, I was thinking,” my student said to me with a serious look on his face. “How do we know that the Bible...

There are many things that can create pockets of unexpected time in your classroom. Maybe it’s a fire drill...

It began on a Sunday morning. A first-grade lad sat on a church pew and listened to the minister speaking....

When I first taught in a small parochial school several years ago, I found myself wishing that I could teach...

What I do doesn’t matter So you’ll never convince me that The words I say and the things I do are important...

Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. The Fruits of the Spirit...

“You sound like a bullfrog when you sing,” the child was informed by her music teacher. These unkind words...

Consider this scenario: You are teaching art class, and things are not going according to schedule. In what...

Recently, a non-profit ministry leader asked me this poignant question: “What are we going to do about our...

In these last fleeting weeks of summer before school starts, besides moving to a new building (wonderful, but...

Quite frequently over the years, I have experienced what I call the “Teacher Nightmare.” It began in the...

It’s been several years since I’ve been in the classroom on a daily basis, but I can still remember the...

It is the beginning of the school year. You have a fresh batch of students eager to begin an exciting project...

Do you remember singing, This is the way we brush our teeth, brush our teeth, brush our teeth…? I remember...

Many years ago I was visiting another school and classroom when I heard the teacher refer to “fix-ups.” I had...