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2.2.12

I know you all have heard the buzz … it’s time to enroll your child for preschool. Most preschools in this area are taking enrollments for the 2012 - 2013 school year and we are doing the same here at Eastminster Preschool. We are already taking phone calls and giving tours to potential students and their families as they prepare for this big event in their little ones life.  [more] »

Lent has always been characterized as a season for honing discipleship. Relinquishment has been its trademark. What did you give up for Lent?

Giving up something for Lent leaves me cold. The giving up part gets so dramatized that whatever there is to learn from Lent is eclipsed in the process.  [more] »

1.19.12

The Dean of the Harvard Business School is Nitin Nohria. He recently made ethics the centerpiece of Harvard's curriculum overhaul. He was asked about business leaders' failure to embrace a moral compass. His response was, "The general belief about moral and character development is that this is something we learned at home, as adolescents. I actually think the formation of character is a lifelong process."  [more] »

1.4.12

This Sunday, January 8, is Epiphany Sunday. What does that mean? It represents the sudden shining of divine light in the human darkness. The star in the East drove the magician kings to the light. They chose not to stay stuck where they were.

They came bearing gifts for the Christ child: gold, frankincense and myrrh. Gold was fit for a king. Frankincense represented the priesthood of Christ and myrrh the embalming source for the One who would die to save us from our sins.  [more] »

12.16.11

It’s that most wonderful time of the year! Yes, it is when you get to be with young children every day and share in their excitement of the holidays. One of the things we like to share with our children at preschool is the tradition of giving gifts. What great discussions we have had as the children imagine what gifts were brought to Baby Jesus on that first Christmas and what they think those gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh really were!  [more] »