The Patriot

Tom Ziglar, son of the famous speaker and author Zig Ziglar, gave an interview recently on the Startup Story Radio podcast. One of the things that struck me about the interview was Tom’s respect and affection for his father. Rather than seek to make a name for himself, he seemed unashamed, even proud, to quote his father.

Tom Ziglar has been working for over 20 years in the company his father founded. He describes in the interview how his father teaches people to follow simple biblical principles. When asked whether these principles are common sense, he gives examples of how people may think they’re following these principles but are not carrying them through to their logical conclusions.

Our school’s web site now includes a custom search engine by Google to allow visitors to search the site.

http://www.covenantacademyhouston.org/search.html

Ben Dunlap told tells the remarkable story of Holocaust survivor Sandor Teszler here. Toward the end of his long life, Teszler told Dunlap that he believed people are basically good and exhorted Dunlap to believe the same.

Christianity teaches two fundamental truths about humanity: we are created in the image of God, and we are fallen. Because we are fallen, we are not basically good. We are born rebels against God, sinners in need of a Savior. But we are also created in the image of God. The fall distorted that image, but did not destroy it. It is inspiring to learn of people like Sandor Teszler who believe in the good in people and work to draw it out.

The May 3/10 issue of World Magazine carries a story about pastor and author Eugene Peterson. When newcomers asked what activities his church offered, he replied “if you’d let me be your pastor I’d help you learn not to want so much activity.”

Because of record enrollment, Covenant Academy is planning to open new classes in grades 1, 2, 4, and possibly Kindergarten. If you would be interest in teaching for our school for the 2008-09 school year, please contact us.

Update: We are opening a new Kindergarten class.