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The challenge of no diagnosis: Living with the unknown

The challenge of no diagnosis: Living with the unknown

Ben and I have been married for eleven years and we have two sons, Reuben, who is five and Jonah was three in the summer. But this story begins with the birth of our second son [...]

The challenge of school choices

The challenge of school choices

A ripple of unease settled over me as I drove past our catchment secondary school. With considerable reluctance I made myself face the situation. Our daughter was beginning her final year in primary school, our catchment [...]

Memories of a missionary kid

Memories of a missionary kid

My brother and sister, Peter and Ruth, and myself, are all MKs (missionary kids). We have experienced schools in three separate countries. Each one was different and each came with its own difficulties and blessings. I [...]

Confessions of a school teacher

Confessions of a school teacher

Who would be crazy enough to live, eat, sleep, play, socialise and work with over 460 people up high in the Nilgiris Hills, in a boarding school setting? Well, Steve and Rhonda Morris from Northern Ireland [...]

Confessions of a schools’ worker

Confessions of a schools’ worker

What led you into schools work? After finishing university I taught for a few years in a small primary school in Northern Ireland. In that job there were great opportunities to teach children about the Bible [...]

I home-school my children because…

I home-school my children because…

Every Christian parent recognises the responsibility of raising their children for God; we see their individuality as human beings and we acknowledge God’s command to teach our children about Him (Deut. 11:18-19). For us, home education [...]

I send my children to a Christian school because…

I send my children to a Christian school because…

‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom…’ ‘Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.’ (Prov. 9:10, 22:6) God has [...]

I send my children to a state school because…

I send my children to a state school because…

A few years ago we moved to a new city because of my job. Our first priority was to find a house to rent near to the church we would be attending. Having found a house [...]

Editorial: Educating our children

Editorial: Educating our children

God has spoken; yes, even about education. It is true that the word ‘education’ is not in our English versions of his word, but the concept is very much there. It is a much fuller idea, [...]