Strength for the Journey
http://goo.gl/k3qn6 Strength for the Journey is one of my all-time favorite worship songs. It was written by Michael John Piorier and the lyrics really sum up my reflections from this past summer. This summer was a lesson in humility and patience. Traditionally summer is a time to set new goals for learning, improving, tinkering, and rest in order to prepare and rejuvenate for the year ahead. Summer is a time to reset, take the long view, recalibrate, tackle larger projects. All of these were part of my to-do list. Now that we are a few days away from welcoming students back to school I see that the path this summer was far different from my vision. And in the end, I am grateful for the challenges and hard work that came with the different path because I believe that our school is in a much stronger place than if the summer had adhered to the path I mapped out. The typical list of summer conferences that I like to attend did...