Author name: Emmi2022

The names on your class list have become faces. You’re beginning to learn personalities, strengths, needs, and stories. You may already know which class will require a little extra grace. There may be a student you can’t quite figure out yet, a coworker you’re unsure how to navigate, or a situation that has followed you […]

Back-to-school season has a way of making everything feel urgent at once. The classroom needs to be ready. Lessons need to be planned. Names need to be learned. Meetings fill the calendar. And somehow, before the first few weeks have even passed, our minds can already be worrying about September, November, testing season, evaluations, difficult

What if the interruption you didn’t choose becomes one of the places God reminds you most clearly who you are and how faithfully He is still leading? Sometimes life changes direction without asking our permission. The last few weeks have looked nothing like I expected. A running accident left me with a concussion, a broken

The Story Is Still Being Written: Trusting God Through Life’s Unexpected Chapters Have you ever looked around at your life and thought, “This isn’t what I thought my story would look like.” Maybe you imagined your career taking a different direction. Maybe you thought that prayer would have been answered by now. Maybe you expected

Have you ever looked back on a painful season of your life and wondered: “Why did that happen?” Or perhaps you’ve asked: “Why do I still struggle with this?” As Christian educators, we often become experts at showing up for everyone else. We encourage students. Support colleagues. Care for families. Serve faithfully. Yet underneath the

Have you ever felt physically present in your classroom—but spiritually or emotionally exhausted underneath it all? As Christian educators, we spend so much of our lives pouring into others. We encourage students.Support families.Serve colleagues.Show up day after day with open hands and willing hearts. And yet somewhere along the way, many educators quietly begin carrying