Private Christian schools.  Today I was on the bus going back up to the University for my evening class.  After getting on I started to talk to an acquaintance and the High School I attended came up.  I was posed with the question as to why my brother was “grumpy” to partake in actions that had gotten him expelled.  My simple answer: he had no friends.  My acquaintance seemed surprised to hear my quick reply.  It was true though about my High School.  I have very few positive memories from my time at Cedars Christian.  I had few true friends.  I remember when in elementary I begged and begged my mother for years to let me go to the public school.  She thought it would have a better influence on me to keep me at Cedars though.  I don’t know if my experience would have indeed been better as I had envisioned when younger.  But I guess change was better than what I was experiencing so logic told me that it would be better there.

I hate that at my school there was such a harsh divide between those with money and those without money.  If your family had monetary influence you were popular not only amongst your fellow classmates but also with the teachers.  After all the school runs on donations and tuition.  It’s not like the public sector which receives money from the government.  I was the odd child.  I had an imagination and I used it.  I thought outside the box, and my parents were your run of the mill middle-class adults.  They worked hard to provide for us as they did and they did an outstanding job.  They volunteered continually at the school helping with the first expansion and again when they built the cabins to make room for more students.  They came on class feildtrips and went to every student-teacher meeting to make sure that we were recieving the best education available.  All that doesn’t matter in the eyes of a spoiled 8 year old who KNOWS that their family has it.  And that they do get to have what they want.  Maybe I’m being a bit judgmental, I’ll readily admit that.  But my 8 year old self clearly saw the divide between the desired and the undesired.  I wasn’t invited to play at lunch with my classmates, I was relegated to either my own entertainment or to play with the boys.  That didn’t turn out half bad given that it opened my eyes to some of the passions I have today: classical history and literature.

I don’t know where I’m going with this.  I suppose I was surprised by my aquaintences implication that the school I went to seemed to have no problems.  I’d posit that is quite untrue.  There are many students that weren’t/aren’t happy within the confines of its walls.  That is not to say that the teachers were exceptional.  My memories are of the teachers who invested much of their lives into my education.  Mrs. VanCalsteren, Mr. Costley, Mrs. Nemitz, Mrs. Bluemink and so forth.  They CARED about their students and strove to see that they excelled in all they took on.  I would say that I don’t think that I would have excelled as much as I have and neither would have I overcome life’s challenges nearly as well if it wasn’t for their hard work.  They are the memories that I carry with me from my primary and secondary school experiences.  And when I’m personally a teacher I hope and strive to be able to emulate even just one of them.

Christian schools taught me how to cringe. There, I learned that non-Christians were cringe-worthy. I even learned that other factions of Christianity different from my own were cringe-worthy. Since I was on the Protestant side of the fence, even Catholics made me cringe. These were my villains. It is a difficult device to describe in words other than to say it was the weapon of choice for indoctrinating young minds at the schools that I attended. We were taught to feel sorry for people different from us in a kind of condescending way. I am sad to say, but I can liken it to the same kind of brainwashing that Hitler employed on Germany’s youths, to maintain solidarity for the future by cultivating the single commonality of disdain for Jews.

I have always been an independent person, so it was only natural that I eventually began to question this system of education. I began to question the authenticity of my own personal beliefs. Were they really of my own invention, or were they simply the traditional tenets of the brand of religion to which I subscribed? I decided that it would certainly be easier to simply accept the path that had been prescribed for me by others, but that was not an option for me. I had spent my entire life under the tutelage of only one worldview, and now I intended to break the mold of single-mindedness. How was I ever going to start? This story begins when I realized that what I considered to be my beliefs were not mine at all. The real turning point, however, began when I met my hero Christina, who at first made me cringe.

Realizing that most of my beliefs were essentially plagiarized from the crafters of Christianity, I made a momentous decision. I began to think for myself. I have always been an independent person, and there are not many calculated risks from which I have shied away. So, I blazed a new trail, a meaningful and first-person one. I, unlike most of my high school classmates, opted first for a handful of real world experiences rather than the more popular and immediate alternative of a college education. I knew that what I thought I believed during this transitional time of personal reflection was in question, so I did not want to compound the problem by burying a lifetime’s worth of religious education underneath a liberal arts one. I remember a saying that my teachers would repeat almost weekly: “If you stand for nothing you’ll fall for anything.” Before I invested time and resources into the education that would presumably have the most impact on my life’s direction, I wanted to know that I stood for something. Instead of college, I began a career. Rubbing elbows with individuals that were decades older than me, I learned the practical side of life first-hand, lessons that usually come full circle only after college for most people. This nontraditional path is largely responsible for my confidence as an individual, but it is also responsible in part for me eventually meeting my hero.

Her name was Christina, and she was Catholic, a cringe worthy person if ever I saw one. She was smart and opinionated. Even worse, she claimed to also be Christian. The reality of the situation is that the Protestant circles responsible for my education sort of hijacked the entire Christian faith, and in the minds of their students, cast all other brands of Christianity aside. Therefore, when I encountered this Catholic claiming to also be a Christian, my immediate response was to cringe. Luckily, this seemingly innate response was just the lingering remnants of my former faith. I had begun to question its legitimacy long ago, so I welcomed the different perspective Christina brought me. To borrow an idea from Walt Whitman, Christina was an individual with admirable qualities, and my admiration for these was enough to topple the factional fence between us. From her, I learned to love differences of opinion, and with that, a new appetite for learning was conceived within me. Finally, after years of hiatus, I decided to return to school to find the missing pieces of my life’s puzzle. My unlikely hero, who at first made me cringe, taught me to love diversity. Now I call her Christy, but officially, I call her my wife.

Here we are two individuals from different sides of the fence. Sometimes still, we have differences of opinion, and I revel in those occasions that we do. Today we are excited for what life has already taught us, but tomorrow, we want more, she at her craft and I at the University of [deleted].

been fighting back the host.. truth is.. it’s getting through.. can’t say i am happy about it.. read james.. can come from inside my own heart.. not good.. don’t quite understand it all.. but it’s coming and it’s not getting better.. seems like it’s getting louder.. yes… hitting the deck… but have to admit.. this wretched fool of an ass is struggling…

been talking to the Lord about it earlier today.. repenting.. seeking wisdom.. knowledge and insight… still don’t get it all.. can also say does not feel good.. don’t like to let down the Lord.. feel like i should be able to whip the dawg.. but it’s not working.. the other day reading a book by one of my favorite authors.. he’s talking about not giving in.. keeping fighting back.. have to admit.. found some encouragement but then it comes again… “fall into various trials”.. something not planned for.. something that comes and catches you by the tail..

today.. hitting the deck.. heading off to do some teaching.. don’t feel right.. not armored up.. ready.. know what i mean..? well it’s on the way i hear two songs back to back about lazarus.. remember the story of when he died..? in the tomb for 4-days before Jesus shows up on the scene.. mary even reminds him of the stink.. you know.. “the stench of it all”.. (john 11)

4-days without a shower.. you are going to stink.. in the tomb.. those days.. going to have an odor.. but two songs.. back to back.. Lord.. what are you saying.. ? what’s going on here..?

the “It” comes.. (that would be the Holy Spirit)..  He calls out to lazarus.. “come”.. he comes out.. he’s alive.. all is well and “the stench of it all” is gone.. he’s back.. !!!  all embrace him as if he’s coming back from a vacation.. he’s “stink-less”..

it’s then the Lord reminds me of His grace.. His mercy.. His Love for me.. His Love for you….. it’s ok.. i am forgiven.. we are forgiven…  ”white as snow”.. no matter what the situation.. my eye’s are on Him… yes… even during the attacks.. yes.. even when i fall.. He is there.. ready and able to not only forgive me of my trespasses.. but of “the stench of it all”..

am praying that i can see it coming.. not fall quite so easily.. head about things.. eye’s firmly fixed.. ears ready.. heart set.. bone and marrow… on the Lord..

if you are receiving this.. so pray you hear the Fathers love for you.. pray you know that just as i fall.. blow it.. “stink it up”.. when we hit the deck.. humble ourselves before our Lord.. our God.. not only are we forgiven.. He redeems the “stink”..  and “the stench of it all”..

the other day.. when He was speaking.. so cool.. so very our God.. so much my Lord.. hit the cord in my heart that needed healing.. needed a touch from the Master..

pray today.. the cord in your heart is Touched by the Masters Hand.. pray you hear His Love.. His Grace and His Mercy calling out for you…

stay in.. stay close.. hand to the plow…

tbrooks

By Michael Carl
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

Hartford Seminary

I was reading an article titled “Homeschooling High School… at Home” early this morning in Home School Enrichment. The author, Kim Lundberg, stated that home school families “should laugh at those who wave the ‘inadequate socialization’ flag in our faces”. I don’t necessarily disagree with that statement but she went on to say, ”Every day we watch our children have interesting, real-world interactions with a variety of people. Whether an orchestra rehearsal or an art group, a baseball game or a drama club, it seems there is always something enriching that irresistibly beckons us to fill in all those little squares in our monthly planners.” I simply cannot relate to that last statement because I do not have my planning calendar full of activities such as she described.

The author obviously comes from a locale that has an active home school support group of some type and a wide variety of enrichment activities to choose from. I don’t live in an area that offers the enrichment activities she describes. At the same time I have come to the conclusion that a lack of the aforementioned enrichment activities does not mean my children are being deprived of something necessary to their education and, for that matter, their socialization.

For a time I did feel like we were missing out on something vital to our home school experience. I felt envious toward those who have a wide variety of options open to them simply because they live in a more populous area of the United States. Yet, as a Christian I believe God places his children right where he wants them and for us that means he wants us here in Montana. If there is anything we truly need, God will provide that for us right where we are at.

At one time I did belong to a large home school association that provided activities throughout the month such as Ms. Lundberg described. In those days we lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Now we live in Montana which has a total population spread out all over this big beautiful state that is equivalent to the entire population of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. 

The home school association I left behind in Texas offered field trips, history and science fairs, camaraderie with other home school families. I have thought wistfully at times how nice it would be to live near an area with a wide variety of cultural events which are only a short drive away from home or how nice it would be to fellowship with like- minded home schooling families with like-minded children, to relate to them on a personal level having our minds sharpened by each other with the word of truth.

What we have instead is a handful, three families to be exact, of home school families in our northern location. My children are the oldest in the bunch, high school age. The others are elementary school age. We have discussed possibly doing something like a history or science fair at the end of the school year. Of course it wouldn’t be too involved with prizes and such like the one in Texas.

We may not have enrichment activities on our school planner but we certainly do have a full calendar. Much of our calendar is taken up with church work and regular work in addition to our school work. My children help out on Wednesday night with the young kids at AWANA. My sixteen year old twin sons work with the younger children, Sparks. They listen to them recite memory verses and discuss the meaning of those verse to the kids to make sure they understand what they are memorizing. Our boys are also responsible for setting up the microphones and sound board for Sunday morning service. Our daughter makes sure that there is no trash left in the auditorium after the service.

Our sons have owned and operated their own yard care service for the last three years. This has given them not only experience in managing their time and finances but they have learned how to deal with their customers. If socialization is an issue, there is no better way to learn how communicate effectively than trying to keep a customer happy and coming back. Some customers are so happy with their service that they also get called upon in the winter for snow removal as well.

This year our sons are trying out a new job experience over the winter months. They were hired part-time at our local radio station to run the sound boards and broadcast the local high school games. This job is giving them a whole new set of skills and experiences. It seems that every time they go to work a new technical problem arises that they have to try to figure out in order to get the game broadcast over the air waves. It can be stressful at times but I think they feel a sense of accomplishment when they get things figured out. As parents, my husband and I think it is neat to hear our sons broadcast the call letters of the station from time to time or announce the scoreboard at the end of the night.

As for our daughter, she has always loved animals and so it seems natural that she has a pet care business. She has satisfied customers who can count on her to be there for their pets, anything ranging from dogs to horses, when they go out of town. We have a wide variety of pets and she feeds and cares for all of them.  We pay her to groom our dog for us instead of taking him to the groomers. We would rather pay her twenty-five dollars which goes into her savings account than have to pay an outside groomer. She bought her own grooming table and has become quite proficient at it.

Instead of field trips we go on camping and hiking trips with our children. This too has proved to be a plus. Last year our sons took their biology books with them on one camping trip. One of our sons found gall on several plants up in the mountains. We didn’t know what gall was until that trip. There is always something new to see and explore. Our sons enjoy these trips so much that they dream of one day having jobs that will allow them to work outdoors. They are exploring possible careers in the field of science.

Our daughter shares their love of nature. She is a good artist and photographer. She always comes home from camping and hiking trips with loads of pictures. She recently got a digital SLR camera for Christmas so that she can get some of the close-up shots that she couldn’t quite get with her old camera.

One last thing that the lack of the typical enrichment activities has afforded us is more family time. We have grown into a close-knit family. I’m not sure that we would have derived the amount of a familial bond that we have if we had not moved to Montana. It would be so easy to get involved with so many good enrichment activities that we would have missed the most important thing of all.  We’ve learned that the family unit is very important to God and that godly families play an important role in God’s kingdom. All the enrichment activities in the world will not replace the importance of living a life dedicated to God’s purpose. Our secluded little home school is thriving here in northern Montana.

in the book of acts.. pentecost has come.. the comforter has landed and taken up residence in all who received Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior.. by time we get to chpt 4.. “silver and gold i do not have.. but what i do have i give you..”..

a lame man is healed.. the crowd goes crazy.. but the “priests.. captain of the temple.. and sadducees” are not happy…. they come upon peter and john and take them into custody.. next day the host gather.. “rulers.. elders.. scribes.. high priest….  and as many as were of the family of the high priests gathered together”

all in one place.. all in one accord to question john and peter.. they don’t get it.. can’t see.. hear.. or don’t want to see.. or hear.. they are not happy about the teachings of peter and john… they want them to stop… read the story.. they can see and hear that these were “uneducated men.. untrained and yet they marveled..”

why…? what was it that got to them…? “seeing the man who had been healed they could say nothing against it”…

bble and i were talking tonight about men and women’s ministry.. i am continually amazed at the men who follow their show.. i was on a job site last wk and a man i know came up to me and asked me if bble was my wife…. “listen to their show every weekend”….

today on the girls radio show.. they were giving away free Bible studies to their upcoming Bible study on ephesians.. now this is a “women’s” Bible study.. by women.. for women.. can probably guess where i am going with this.. your right.. second caller.. ? a man… girls did not know what to say.. promoting their new upcoming Bible study by women.. for women  and a man calls to receive the gift.. wow…..

now… let me make something perfectly clear… the girls are right on track.. they teach the Word of God.. straight up.. right down the middle.. no compromise.. no tricky stuff.. pure to the core.. know their hearts.. can clearly measure the fruit in their lives.. any doubt.. just ck them out.. 1200 + women joined them on their 6th-annual conference.. truly a powerful work.. the power and the presence of the Holy Spirit flows in and through their lives.. their teaching and their ministry.. but why would a man.. why would men follow a women’s ministry…?

believe it’s the same reason the “host” had a problem with peter and john.. “power and presence”…  “bearing witness” that can only come from Above.. problem for us as men.. “no power..no presence”.. when it comes to “bearing witness”… we fall short.. we have clearly dropped the ball… the enemy has been eating our lunch since the days of adam and it’s not getting any better..

if you read on in the story… peter and paul are “severely threatened to not speak the name of Jesus”… peter and john’s response… ? “we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard”…

now think about it.. i mean as a man.. if pressed.. if “severely threatened”.. what we would our answer be..? if pressed.. what would we “bear witness” of…? “we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and hear”.. what would that be…?  many of us can quote sport data.. stocks and bonds.. current trends in our government.. world politics.. when it comes to the world.. if measured.. we are full.. and yet when it comes to our Lord.. our God.. our Savior.. you know the One who gave His life for us.. we can’t even remember what was taught at the last organizational meeting we attended.. and yes.. some are even in a men’s Bible study.. press in a bit.. you will hear all the goose-bump stories.. but knowledge.. Word.. presence.. power.. true repentance that requires change.. not much to be found.. we can be great at gathering.. but when it comes to real change.. “as a dog returns to his vomit we as men turn to our folly…”

if i am pounding it in.. you don’t hear the Love.. forgive me.. it’s there.. bble tells me that i need more love .. i need to soften my teachings.. my blogs..  can always use more love.. Lord’s been speaking to me.. remember 1 corinthians 13.. am trying.. stepping back and yes.. trying to give occasion for more love.. but have to admit.. not really interested in some soft spoken sweet talk’n teachings and/or candy coated blog.. been a man since the day the Lord breathed life into me.. some of it’s just not in me.. i am mad.. makes me sick to the core.. i look around.. i look in the mirror.. not happy with what i see.. i have been blowing it.. we are blowing it as men.. and it’s not getting any better…

believe as men our “bearing of witness” has been so washed out that we no longer know what it is to be a man.. just last wk had a man tell me that he believes the girls should start up a Bible study just for men.. wow.. is this what we have come to..?

“bearing witness”.. can you imagine paul.. david.. israel.. jacob.. peter going to a women’s Bible study… how is it the girls can “bear witness” and we as men can’t seem to get it together..? again.. if asked.. if pressed..  what would the answer be…? if measured.. exactly what is it we are “bearing witness” of…?

i so love my bble.. tl.. girl-team.. i am so proud of all that God is doing in and through their lives.. will stand with them.. fight for them.. take the hit.. work until i drop.. support them in every which way i can.. but i am a man who longs for men to get about our Fathers business..

men who will stand.. take account.. men “bearing witness” of our Lord.. our God our King.. you know He came as the Son of man… there were 12-disiciples.. the patriarchs were all men.. adam.. was a man.. the first of our kind..

if you read the gospels.. you will find that it was the women who stood with Jesus.. they did not stay indoors “hiding” because they were fearful of the people.. they were the last and first on the scene.. from the cross to the tomb they were the first to believe.. the men..? read the story.. you will figure it out..

truly i do get why men want to sit at the girls feet.. “power and presence”…. that comes from the Lord… from Above and let me say.. nothing wrong with men listening to the girls.. i listen to them.. i love them.. but we as men need to get about it.. and it won’t change until we get off our fhat complacent lazy butts.. and yes.. “more love”.. grace and mercy.. bble is right.. we need it…  but not as women.. as men.. by men.. to men.. only way it’s going to happen.. question for all of us is when..? what’s it going take..? if you take a few minutes and research men’s movements.. you will find that most fall.. doesn’t take long and we fall apart at the seams.. adultery.. fornication.. drugs.. greed.. you name it.. the entire host of hells stands against any man who wants to make a change in his life and/or the lives of men standing around him..

we need to unite.. hit the deck.. pound the Word into our lives and join together as one.. of one accord.. oh i pray for the day.. look forward to the day…. less that 1% of all men in the united states have successfully changed that way we look at men.. act as men.. do business as men… we are becoming a genderless society where there is no place for men to be men any more..

“we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard”… take a moment.. ask the question.. ask the Holy Spirit.. it’s your time.. our time as men to give occasion to our Lord so that we truly can.. will.. be “bearing witness” ……

stay in.. stay close.. hand to the plow…

tbrooks

i find during these times.. a lot of men are struggling.. some all of the time.. some part of the time.. just last wk i spent the day with a friend touring the county.. we were looking into new business ventures for both of us.. not our typical path.. but transactions that have amazing potential.. during the day.. i had two panic attacks.. can’t tell you why.. but it came.. “twice”.. in talking to my friend later in the wk.. he did not even notice.. can tell you that my stomach was in my throat.. can’t tell you what triggered the jump in my heart.. can tell you the source and it was not from above.. fear.. doubt.. “anxieties”.. all rising within me… want to share a scripture with you…

• psa 94:19  “in the multitude of my anxieties within me… Your comforts delight my soul….

now this is a verse you can hang your hat on.. and ck this out.. this was written before “economic downturns”.. “internet”.. “smart phones”.. “face book”.. or “government bail-outs” and yet the psalmist struggled with the “multitude of his anxieties within him”.. suspect it’s something that man has been fighting since the day of the garden fall….

“Your comforts delight my soul”.. got to love this.. but then you got to know who the “Your” is.. only way you are going to know the “Your” is by the “Yours Word”.. that’s right.. Word of God.. if it’s not in.. can’t come out.. god you know is the god you serve.. think about it…

monday when i was eating my heart.. i stopped and gave it up to my “Your”.. He’s on my throne.. know Him by His Name.. by His Holy Spirit moving in and through me.. could hear Him.. was no “reproach” in Him.. now if you read on….

• psa 94:20-21 “shall the throne of iniquity..  which devises evil by law… have fellowship with You?.. they gather together against the life of the righteous.. and condemn innocent blood..”

now if you were unclear as to the source.. now you know.. now you have a filter.. and yes.. it’s the Word.. cast It into your heart.. if you have a mind for memorization.. kick it in.. why.. “they gather together against the life of the righteous and condemn innocent blood”.. it’s coming.. non-stop hell is out there seeking who they may destroy.. but get this.. our Lord.. He’s not done…

• psa 94:22  “the LORD has been my defense.. and my God the rock of my refuge..”

oh yea.. this is cutting edge kingdom economics.. “Lord has been my defense.. “my” God the rock of my refuge”..  without Him.. without the Holy Spirit.. without the Word of God in our lives.. “our anxieties” are going to eat us alive.. and yes.. some are going to need help to work through these situations.. it’s ok.. it’s all part of the plan.. He is in control.. it’s ok to reach out and seek help..  whatever it takes.. we need to get about it.. set a course.. cut the cords.. get on with it…

i find that most times.. the world is in control of our lives.. we have given so much over to the enemy.. we no longer have boundaries.. we no longer can discern right from wrong.. compromises run so rapid in our lives that it burns deep within our created soul.. the marrow of our bones burn with “anxieties”..  we were all created to worship our King.. instead we find ourselves wrapped up in some of the most delusional situations..  a bad decision is a bad decision.. last wk talked with a man who is suffering from several bad decisions.. he’s in trouble.. his life is about to change.. good news is he gets it.. he has laid down his “anxieties” at the feet of His King.. can’t necessarily see around the corner.. but get this.. does not matter.. his eyes are on the Lord…

don’t know where you stand.. can bet that there are those standing around you who could use a little love.. “God’s Love”.. not my best suit..  still a work in progress… can also tell you that we all need the Word flowing in and through our lives.. the kind of Word that can be measured.. Word that bears fruit.. Kingdom Fruit… not this crap that’s being passed off by the organizations today as fruit.. not the good feeling crap being sold at meetings around the world.. i am talking about good old but Spirit filled Word of God.. convicting fruit that comes from above.. “captives free”.. “cord cutting.. chain breaking.. life changing”… nothing fancy.. just plain old  ”Power” that can only come from the Presence of the Lord.. moving “IN AND THROUGH OUR LIVES”.. not bottled up for that special occasion ceremonial crap.. “IN AND THROUGH”…

Word.. prayer.. fellowship..  key words for any man who desires to be used by God.. if your in.. pray you find this encouraging.. if you’re on the edge.. hope this finds you on your knees.. if you are out.. pray the Holy Spirit is convicting you.. if you are hearing condemnation and your anxieties are turning within you.. it’s not the Lord.. time to hit the deck.. repent and turn the He will…. why.. “for God so loved”..

 stay in.. stay close.. hand to the plow…

 tbrooks

I keep asking myself why I signed up to help with both boys’ Valentine’s Day Parties this year.   And I’m still trying to figure out how they ended up on two different days??!

I really did plan to do all the shopping early this year. It was on my list at the end of January. But somehow I never got around to going to Target and getting all the “stuff”.  So, the last 48 hours have been a whirlwind. My house is covered with pink and red items — party favors, goodie bags, cups, plates, dinnerware, teacher gifts, cookies, Valentine’s cards, and LOTS of candy. I can’t wait to be free of it all tomorrow!! One down — one to go…

Seriously, my boys have the absolute best teachers at PCA (Palmetto Christian Academy). Mrs. Emily Faile is Davis’s teacher in K4 and we think the world of her. She engages the children from the moment they arrive at school and her classroom is a very nurturing place.

Miss Aimee Schultz is Colin’s Kindergarten teacher and we are so thankful for her! She has a very gentle way about her that is perfect for children. She prays for our children by name daily and has such a sweet spirit.

Both Colin and Davis love going to school each day and are learning so much.

Happy Valentine’s Day to these special ladies who take such good care of my boys while they are away from us!

They are each a blessing to our family!

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