It’s May, and for a high school teacher like myself, that means lots of invitations to graduation parties. Last Sunday, I attended several graduation parties before and after house church.  Although there are exceptions, I tend to most frequently get invited to the graduations of the high achieving students. I coach the math team and…

A little over two months ago, the whole staff at my school received an email that one of our former students had cancer and that the cancer was in an advanced stage.  It was the same form of the disease that had first taken the life of his sister, and a few years later, that…

Last fall I had a dream about my own death. Lying in bed, I could tell I was surrounded by friends and family who had come to say goodbye. I woke up at what felt like was the exact moment I was going to die. It was really quite scary, and it bothered me that…