We sometimes forget that all our activity—at home, work, church, and school—is to be done not on our own efforts but by God’s grace. And…
Author: Mike Chrasta
In addition to serving as the Director of Ministry for UMSI, Mike has been active in the University-Model® school community for nearly fifteen years. Mike served as a teacher and administrator at Lucas Christian Academy where his wife Kathy currently works and where his three children (Joseph, Rebecca, Rosie) have attended. He currently serves as Dean of Family Ministry at Wylie Preparatory Academy. Mike has more than twenty-five years’ teaching experience, holds three graduate degrees (M.A., English; M.A., Public Policy, and a PhD. (Arts and Humanities-History of Ideas), and is a certified Texas Master Naturalist.
The Problem of Change
If you were to talk to a Navy Seal about endurance, he would likely tell you that very often when you feel like you are…
What Happens to a Son When the Father is Absent?
The ancient Greeks knew well what happens to a young boy when he is not nurtured and encouraged by his father. In Homer’s Odyssey, Telemachus…
Who Needs Education?
The students, the parents, or the administrators? The answer is all of the above! Leaders of Christian schools, whether they come from Classical, Traditional, or…
Your Child’s Design
Children, being “fearfully and wonderfully made,” depend on their parents to help them know who they truly are. Parents cannot remind their children often enough…
The Wasting Disease of Affluence
In his final semester of high school, an intelligent and gifted young man “from a good home” appears in danger of failing two classes. He…
Fallout of Social Media
Everyone seems willing to acknowledge the dangers of social media, but except for a small group of parents whose children have been destroyed by it,…
The Importance of Fathers
Ever since the late 1950s when movies like Rebel Without a Cause began to portray fathers as bumbling idiots in aprons, the prestige and honor…
The Authority God Has Given to Parents
With creative forms of Christian education sprouting all over the country, such as the University-Model®, Christian parents are realizing they need to revise their thinking…