Each summer, I prayerfully consider a new biblical theme with accompanying Bible verses for the upcoming school year. The theme is front and center throughout the year. It shows up on banners, in parent, alumni, and donor communications, and presentations, and is the focus of staff and student devotionals. Recent
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker June 18, 2022 Leadership is a juggling act. Leaders have many balls in the air: emails, phone calls, meetings, events to lead and attend, strategic initiatives and projects to move forward, reports to write, presentations to prepare and deliver, conferences to attend, personnel reviews and other
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker April 03, 2022 We have all been there. We receive a nasty email or read something with which we vehemently disagree. We are unfairly attacked and accused. Our dignity and character are assaulted. Our deeply held values and beliefs are ridiculed and attacked. We feel the
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker February 19, 2022 We live and lead in turbulent times. A pandemic, political conflict, war and threats of war, inflation, the hype machine of cable news where everything is sold as a crisis, social media echo chambers that ignite the flames of tribalism and animosity, the
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker September 19, 2021 I was shocked but not as much as I should have been. The social media background check revealed postings that included vulgar, sexually explicit language and posted videos about prostitution and drunkenness. The individual is a professing Christian with a credible profession of
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker August 15, 2021 A good man does not ask what is the way in which he must walk, or in which is the most pleasant walking, but what is the right way, the way in which he should walk. — Matthew Henry They never said it would
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker June 13, 2021 Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them (Romans 1:32). Have you noticed the pervasive promotion of perversion? It seems everywhere
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker March 07, 2021 For behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. The fig tree ripens its figs, and the
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker January 24, 2021 The world is beset by conspiracy theories. Prominent conspiracies circulating include the following: * The QAnon conspiracy centered on a supposed cabal of celebrity sex traffickers and “the deep state.” This conspiracy theory, void of any evidence, is the work of a 4Chan poster
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker January 03, 2021 To say I’ve seen a lot in my 95 years is an understatement. Those of us who are dang-near a century old have a few stories to tell. Just ask us. If you asked me a year ago if I’d seen
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker October 29, 2020 I want to share my heart and the reason for writing this article. This political season offers a singular opportunity to teach by word and example what it means to engage the world and to change it for Christ. But changing the world
By Dr. Barrett Mosbacker October 11, 2020 Leadership is always a challenge. Leading during a pandemic and in the midst of social unrest, division, and a presidential election is particularly challenging. Although most of my readers have substantial leadership experience, all of us can profit from being reminded of the