Being Authentic in an Unauthentic World

Does it make sense, as a leader, to put yourself out there in an honest way in hopes that people will do the same? That’s a tough question many leaders may be finding themselves asking. An older version of leadership has the leader sitting in a corner office with all of the answers and very [...]

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A Historic Trip to Washington, D.C.

Going to Washington, D.C. for a school group isn’t really anything new. A lot of schools make this journey on an annual basis. Some do it for the 8th grade class as a final middle school rite of passage. Some schools wait until the junior and seniors have had a chance to [...]

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2009 Possibilities

Don’t worry, I’m not going to list 2009 reasons that I believe the year 2009 is going to be great for OCS. However, I am pretty excited. In fact, it doesn’t take many vacation days for me to get rested up and begin the anticipation of the first school day in January. [...]

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No Leadership again…now from Tennessee

Ok…I have to admit, I never thought I would be living in Michigan.  I mean, it’s cold up here.  snow almost every day for the last three weeks.  but after being a Michigan transplant for ten years, I have to say I love it.  The summers are amazing and the northern parts of Michigan are breathtaking.  [...]

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The conventions are over…and I’m tired.

Two weeks of back to back to conventions have taken it out on me.  To be honest, I love this stuff and am really looking forward to the next two months.  I hope…no, I pray that a real leader will be chosen by the American people.  I know that to a degree, we do our [...]

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What an election we are going to get!!

The next several weeks are going to be something else.  I am watching the Sarah Palin speech and I have to say, I like it alot.  She’s good..she’s solid and after the beating she and her family have taken over the last few days, I think it only a little fair she fights back.  
But what [...]

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A lot of stones being thrown

Wow!!  It’s worse than I thought. 
My recent post asked the Christian community to lift up Bristol Palin in prayer as she, her fiance and family plan for her pregnancy.  I pleaded for all people, left and right to not join in and pile on…especially Christians, but instead to love her no matter the circumstances as [...]

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Authentically Easter…it’s not about the bunny

This past Thursday evening, the family had gone to bed and I decided to watch the “garden” scene from Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ.”  For Christians, this is the Thursday night event that goes into the the betrayal of Jesus, the mock trial, then the crucifixion.  I know the story, I’ve heard it [...]

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Creating More Schools isn’t the Answer to Making Them More Personal

Despite the recent attention brought to the idea of making school more personal by spending additional state monies into creating schools within schools, one needs to look at the reasons why schools are not connecting with students.
It is true that large schools have a difficult time “being personal” with students, and that specialization in [...]

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Hello world!

Welcome to The Bridge blog.  The Bridge will be used to try and connect leadership and Christian education ideas to the rest of the world.  These concepts shouldn’t be separate, in fact, they should work to connect to make for better communities.  I look forward to sharing ideas and working to establish a place for [...]

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