In a recent call with reporters, State School Board President Paul Hardesty shared concerns about traditional public schools in West Virginia. He said, I think were going to see some of our 55 business units run the risk of financial insolvency at some point of time here in the near future. While it is refreshing for school leadership to recognize …

Artificial intelligence is no longer simply changing how we work, communicate, or fight wars. The worlds leading technology powers are now pursuing something far more ambitious: merging AI directly with the human brain. That future moved a step closer this month. China approved its first commercially available brain-computer interface, known asNEO, for certain patients suffering from paralysis. Meanwhile, in the …

Many Christians dont realize the Bible has a lot to say about politics.This is partly because we have separated the fields of religion and politics. However, these were not separate in Jesus time. There are many passages where we overlook the political dimension because we forget about the historical setting. As one scholar put it, the Roman Empire is not …

These days, its hard to go a few weeks without bumping into another horrifying story about a man drugging his pregnantgirlfriend,wife, ordaughterwith the abortion drug. But as disturbing as those headlines have been, coercion doesnt always take the form of an angry man. Sometimes, its a misleading abortion doctor or the impatient Planned Parenthood worker who refuses to tell the …

Every few years a new technology shows up promising to fix whatever a church or school has been quietly struggling with. Right now its artificial intelligence. A few years ago it was the all-in-one church management platform. Before that, the learning management system, the redesigned website, the parent app that was finally going to make communication painless. Each one helped …

The new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program is moving closer to reality, and West Virginia families are now positioned to benefit. The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service recently released a preview of forthcoming guidance for the program, which is scheduled to launch on January 1, 2027. The IRS has also announced that 27 states …

Over the years I have found that definitions of words can change in accordance with a persons perspective or reality. Sure, there is a solid dictionary definition for every word in the English language. But a persons life circumstances often shape or mold how they view certain words. Such is the case with the word hard in the title of …

I have two toddlers, so I watch a lot of childrens television. I have seen an episode of nearly every major childrens show and many of the YouTube channels parents frequently turn to for childrens education. I have my favorites and my not-so-favorites, but Ill keep those to myself, and you can just wait to see my Halloween costume. One …

Summer brings a welcome change of pace to homeschool life. The alarm clocks quiet down, the co-op calendars pause, and long afternoons stretch out with room to breathe. Yet while many families take a break from formal lessons, summer can also become one of the richest seasons for nurturing a lifelong love of reading. Summer Reading Together Rather than trying …

At the point in ministry where I googled burnout, Kyle and I were not taking weekly time to rest. For years, we consistently rejected Gods invitation to put work and ministry aside, slow down, and receive refreshment. Its no wonder we were falling apart. When I look back at this time, Im mortified at our pride in believing we could …