I was blessed this week to be part of the conversation over at Accidental Devotional about school choice. Abby’s running a series called Jesus at the Blackboard.
Here’s my input:
There’s a scene toward the end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade where the ancient guardian of the Holy Grail advises the greedy Nazis and the archaeologist/adventurer to “choose wisely” when picking from a room full of possible cups.
In a way, deciding the education path for our kids has been like that scene: one wrong choice and we’re doomed.
Read the rest here.
[…] I was reminded this morning of the name we gave her: Isabelle. Consecrated, or set apart, to God. And when you set something apart for God, you lose some control (okay, a lot of it) over what that person or thing is set apart for. For us, this setting apart means letting her go to public school, a decision we’ve wrestled with but have ultimately been at peace with. […]