Word Study

Today I came across a word whose origin I had never considered before- handkerchief. In designing a lesson reviewing the vowel digraph and the digraph, I found this amazing word. My hypothesis was that it was a compound of hand + kerchief, which proved to be correct. What I didn't recognize at first was that is formed from the Old French word couvrir "to cover" + chief "head". The word handkerchief has been in use since the 1500's, and is a "one word contradiction of terms" (http://www.etymonline.com/). Incidentally, notice how this word cannot be spelled correctly based on its sound (we don't articulate the /d/ in hand). In order to arrive at the correct spelling, the meaning must be understood. Chalk one up to a fully rounded teaching of orthography!

Kingdom Education

A recent teacher training session at CCA caused me to reexamine my understanding of education from a biblical perspective. Throughout my years of teaching in Christian education, God has caused me to continually develop and refine my biblical philosophy of education. Though I disagreed with much of what our speaker shared, the teaching resulted in my new working definition of Kingdom Education.

The life-long, biblical, Christ-preeminent process of...

Building in a child the strong foundation of a biblical worldview

Equipping a child to know and bring glory to God

Interceding for a child to come to be a lifelong follower of Jesus Christ

(revised from Kingdom Education by Dr. Glen Schultz)

How thankful I am that God continues to transform my thinking through the framework of the gospel!