A former colleague and Principal of ECNS closed all her e-mails with an Andrew Greeley quote : “God draws straight with crooked lines.” It was a reminder that God can use flawed people, like me, to do God’s purpose. As [...]
More than one televison show or movie has made us chuckle at a character who often takes things literally. Someone says to that character, “Hop to it,” and we laugh (or groan) as they leave the room, hopping like a [...]
Another school year. Another school theme: “ dig deep. cultivate community.” It’s pretty easy to read the words and then skip right to the next thing that vies for our attention. But moving on too quickly could leave some richness [...]
A Throwback-Thursday Glimpse at the Life of Alumnus Janelle Herbert “Every day is a miracle!” The smile on Janelle's face grows as she shares how, as a farmer, it is hard NOT to recognize that we are in God’s creation. [...]
Here's your earworm of the day: The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, all through the town. Wheels on Edmonton Christian School [...]
I’ll admit it: Once in awhile I have a hard time celebrating. I like to think that doesn’t come from some deep seated pessimism; I think I'm a glass-half-full person. And it certainly it does not arise from the notion [...]
“What are you doing when you feel most beautiful/successful?” “What are your superpowers?” What did you really enjoy when you were 10 years old? Looking back at your life, 20 - 30 years from now, what do you want to [...]
Richard Rohr once wrote, “We don’t think our way into new ways of living, but instead, we live our way into new ways of thinking.” At Edmonton Christian, we might challenge Rohr just a bit on this one. We are, [...]
A deep hope we have for Edmonton Christian students, is that when they come face to face with brokenness that they will rise to the occasion. In term two this year, the grade 5 classes were challenged to take an "expedition" [...]
