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  • “Sunrise” and “Eastern Sun” by Jared Barton

    We have two new pieces by Jared for you this time! He titled the first “Sunrise” and the second “Eastern Sun”. Here are some thoughts he had on the creation of “Eastern Sun”. “The minor key with half step intervals where we don’t normally hear them in western music gives the exotic feel. I chose…

  • “Rain” – Guitar Piece by Jared Barton

    Here is another guitar piece by Jared. He has been having a lot of fun with his music lately, and we will be posting more of his work over the next week or two. This one is titled “Rain”. He used a double filter effect and the bending of the pitch to create the ethereal…

  • Egg Drop Contest

    Over Spring Break, the 4th through 6th grades were led in an egg drop project by our principal, Butch Harding. The task they were given was a three-headed problem. First, they had to make a device that would be capable of protecting an egg from a twenty-three foot drop. Second, they had to make their…

  • Treasure Those Around You

    Cho Seung-Hui was somebody’s son. He had grandparents and other relatives. As a child, he played with toys and explored his neighborhood. As a teen, he probably had caught the eye of a girl or two and surely dreamed about love more than once. The tragedy of 9/11 unfolded as he took his first steps…

  • Bake Off ’07

    In March we held our 8th Annual Bake Off. This year it was an International Themed Bake Off. Each family picked a country to represent in their skit and desert. Some of the countries that were chosen were: Poland, France, Germany, England, Ireland, Nigeria, and Brazil. The night was filled with fun, laughter and tasty…

  • Second Word from the Cross

    “Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise.” – Luke 23:43 I wonder what went through the mind of the thief on the cross when Jesus told him that today he would be with the Lord in paradise. If it was your average twenty-first century American Christian I can imagine…

  • The Church’s Mission Statement

    Richard Hays, in his book, “The Moral Vision of the New Testament“, gives a succinct statement that summarizes the mission of the Church: “[T]he New Testament calls the covenant community of God’s people into participation in the cross of Christ in such a way that the death and resurrection of Jesus becomes a paradigm for…

  • Fear of Frying

    Adam and Eve’s fall from communion to autonomy was a tragic event that haunts us today. As I’ve been thinking about their experience and what we can learn about ourselves from it, it dawned on me that Genesis 3:10 contains in miniature the whole dynamic of the Fall. I call that dynamic, “Fear of Frying”,…

  • Brittany Kobus – Poetry

    This is a poem that Brittany wrote as a tenth grade English Literature assignment. The assignment was to write a poem that expressed a Christian view of death. “A Shining Shore” I heard the voice of God say,I will come to take thee home today.You shall be with me,And you shall be free. I saw…

  • For Megan – Her 18th Birthday!

    Megan