Drawing from Solomon’s plea in 1 Kings 3:9, Jay Martin unpacks one Hebrew word for “understanding” as the art of hearing intelligently and responding wisely. Aimed at parents, teachers, and leaders, it offers practical steps to...

Jay Martin unpacks Solomon’s “I am but a little child” (1 Kings 3:7) to show why diversity, questions, scrutiny, and time pressures keep every educator small before God. Instead of despair, he urges child-like prayer, patient...

Jay Martin uses a poem about two stubborn donkeys to help us look in the mirror to spot the hidden fires—pride, gossip, ego, and petty gripes—that quietly burn under our schools and churches, wasting Kingdom energy at opposite...

Jay Martin contrasts undermining teamwork with building it through selflessness. His main points are: Dying to self The allegory “The Seven Kingdoms and the Hidden Spring” Four practical principles for teachers, parents, and...

Some professionals discount rhyme in poetry as cheap technique. Though rhyme alone does not deliver poetic quality, poetic language infused with winsome rhyme forms a stirring combination near the apex of language. Let’s study...

Some poets, being dead, yet speak . . . because we are still listening. Why do we still like to hear and quote poets like Frost, Watts, Whittier, and Shakespeare—what did they more than others? We’ll study the crafting of poetic...