An Addition

Here is another addition to our great quotes collection. Enjoy!

Norman Vincent Peale

"We tend to get what we expect."

The Mounting National Debt

I hope I am like you... sick and tired of politics. I don't care which party, and I don't care which state... I just want someone to stand up and make sense of this national debt, and begin to do something about it.

As I write this, our national debt has currently increased by 3.89 billion dollars since 2007. How is this sustainable? How will we ever pay this down? If you care to keep up with this growing figure there is a national debt clock that will give you the up to minute numbers. You might not want to check it too often as it could put you into a state of depression.


I read the following in the Wall Street Journal,

"The federal government will have to borrow $1.6 trillion this year to finance its operations, the highest single-year budget deficit in the post-World War II era, the Congressional Budget Office said in a mid-year update Tuesday."

WSJ also reported,

"The U.S. public debt will exceed 61% of gross domestic product by the end of 2010, the CBO said, with that figure rising to 68% of GDP by the end of 2019."

The article is full of "wonderful" news and worth a read.

I would like to know the plan for paying this debt? I have heard a few ideas from both parties, but to be quite honest... none of them make much sense to me. Does anyone really have a plan?

What are we to do? I am open to ideas, but one thing is for sure... we can not continue to do nothing. If we do, my kids and your kids will not enjoy the same standard of living that we have.

As Christians are we called to do nothing? Are we called to be passive and hope for the best? I believe we are called to engage and be active in finding a solution. We are told twice by Paul in Corinthians that the spirit dwells in us... and if that is true then we ought to be the leaders... even in tough areas like this.

May we be part of the solution for His glory! Blessings!

The Impact of Social Media

A must see video on the impact of social media. Thanks go to Miss Laura Bailey for the video feed.

A Great Commercial

In the I-wish-I -had-thought-of-it category, I bring you a Coke commercial from another land. Enjoy!

A Great Place to Live

According to an article in US News and World Report, Madison, AL is one of the best places to live in our country. Huntsville is also mentioned in the article.

Madison is second to Virginia Beach in desirable places for families to raise their children. Since our move from Virginia, I have to say that there are many things we love about Huntsville and Madison. When people ask me if I like it here I tell them that Huntsville and Madison have all the things I loved about Richmond and very few of the things I disliked about Richmond. Unfortunately, both struggle with infrastructure problems, but you can not have everything. Blessings!

Westminster Christian Academy from the Clouds

Mr. Jeff Maddox took the following picture of our campus from his hot air balloon. The Lord certainly has provided for our school. We give Him all the glory as we educate in Christ and with excellence. Blessings!

Another Great Quote

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. provides us with another great quote for our collection. Enjoy!



"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

Christian Education: A Partnership of Church and School

(Comments from Westminster Christian Academy's "Back to School Night," August 9, 2009.)

Christian Education: A Partnership of Church and School

We sit here tonight ready to begin another school year. It has been another hectic summer, but it is Sunday night and we are as ready as we can be.

As the church that birthed this ministry 45 years ago, it is only right that we begin our school year Sunday evening in worship at Westminster Presbyterian Church. What has taken place between this church and this school for the past 45 years is special and important. At one time what we are currently doing as a church and a school was much more common in not only k-12 settings but in universities and colleges as well. Why?

Christians, from the beginning have maintained that because people have been endowed with reason, they will all have an urge to express their experience of faith intellectually. As Christians, we should make every effort to translate the contents of our faith into concepts or beliefs that have a correlation between God, humankind, and creation. Our presupposition in all of our thinking ought to be Christ and scripture. With these natural tendencies and are internal nature, educating one in thinking that is excellent and Christian is a natural next step.

The goal of Westminster Christian Academy is to partner with each family in providing an education that is Christ-centered, excellent and able to produce graduates who ultimately will think Christianly in all things.

Proverbs 9:10

10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

Christianity and education have always been linked. In addition to literacy and education for the masses, Christianity is responsible for universities which began during the Middle Ages. Most of the world’s greatest universities were started by Christians for Christian purposes. The University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions; it gave birth to Cambridge. Cambridge University gave birth to John Harvard who gave birth to Harvard University, founded back in 1636.

According to Dr. Paul Maier, professor of ancient history at Western Michigan University, the very concept of the university “was born in the bosom of the church”. Alexander Murray, a retired history professor at Oxford University agrees. “The church had a lot to do with the birth of the university. Nearly every one of the first 123 colleges founded in the United States was established by Christians for Christian purposes.

Looking at our own past, it is impossible to miss the solid link of Christianity, education and the church. Our 45 year history is a continuation of our past Christian history. Unfortunately, most colleges and universities have since cut ties to denominations. Harvard is sadly the norm and not the exception.

Harvard's early motto was "Truth for Christ and the Church." In an early directive to its students, it laid out the purpose of all education: "Let every student be plainly instructed and consider well that the main end of his life and studies is to know God and Jesus, which is eternal life. And, therefore, to lay Christ at the bottom as the only foundation of all sound learning and knowledge.

Most of the schools that I have mentioned have severed ties to their churches and denominations long ago. We have not, and we must not. The relationship is too important. There is a correlation not to miss between churches and schools… when the relationship ends the school begins the move away from Christianity all together. Westminster church and Westminster school must stay strong. We must continue to provide education that provides students with the correlation between God, humankind and creation. We must continue to provide the foundation that equips them to think from the presupposition of truth… Jesus Christ.

I will close with a quote.

"Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another."
G.K. Chesterton

I believe he is referencing the impact education has on children, families, communities, states and countries and the impact Christian education can have if Christ is allowed to reign. Christian education in partnership with the church and the Christian family is capable of changing the world by its very nature. Education is a process that encultrates, indoctrinates and builds the foundation which will serve each student for their entire life. This foundation must be the solid rock of Christianity and not the sifting sand of the world.

Education in Christ… Excellence in all things… this is our collective goal, and it sounds nice, but it will only be hollow words unless accomplished through a faculty and staff that is excellent, distinctly Christian and understands this so well that they live it out on and off campus. This is our faculty and staff at Westminster Christian Academy.

This year we have many new people in our midst, and they will join us in this mission of excellence and Christ. At this time I would like to ask all of our new faculty and staff to stand. Please make a point of meeting these new people.

I would now like to ask all of our existing faculty and staff to stand. These are the people who have been educating your students with excellence for many years.

I would now like to ask our board to stand. These are the men who will lead us into the future.

This is Westminster Christian Academy. We are not a building or a field or even a classroom; we are humble people who desire to educate in the best possible way and engage students for Christ in order to change the world one student at a time.

Westminster Back to School Night

This Sunday evening at 6:00 pm in the gymnasium, Westminster Presbyterian Church will have their annual "Westminster Back to School Night." It will be service where the church will pray for the school and give the school, as a whole, a charge for the new school year. It is a very special time for both church and school, and, if that was not enough... there is ice cream after the service for one and all.

Come and join us as we open the school year the right way... putting our Lord and Savior first! I hope to see you there!

Back to School

Ready or not... here they come! Students will begin classes at Westminster Christian Academy on Monday the 10th of August. A brand new school year always brings with it new things, but this year "new" will take on a whole new meaning. Grades 6 - 12 will walk onto a brand new campus.

The new 42 acre campus has a two story academic building with gym, a concession/restroom facility, a field house, baseball, softball and football fields, a new practice field and very nice modular units that compliment our new building. God has been very good to us at Westminster Christian Academy.

Begin now to pray for our students and our faculty and staff. Pray that God would use us for His great glory as we educate students in Christ and with excellence. Pray that we educate our students to be the next leaders who will change the world for their Savior. We covet your prayers. Blessings!