[I spoke yesterday at the Easter Service for the sixth through twelfth grades at St. George’s Independent School. As students walked in, we projected a scroll of pictures from an event Tuesday where a number of our students and faculty joined with CityCurrent and Samaritan’s Feet to provide new shoes for children in need in Memphis. It was a remarkable event […]
Student-Athlete Signing Day Talk
[Below the photographs I am reposting a Signing Day talk from a couple of years ago and from my tenure at a different school because I find on the Friday after National Signing Day that it is relevant to St. George’s Independent School and its student-athletes as well. We have a large and impressive group of college […]
An MLK Chapel Reflection: Dr. King’s Three Dimensions of a Complete Life
[I gave the following chapel talk as part of an annual Martin Luther King Chapel in 2017. Our hymn was “Oh God our Help in Ages Past”.] “This is my faith, and I choose to go on through my days with this faith and I tell you if you catch it, you will be able to […]
A Christmas Gift, Undeserved and Beautiful: Reflection from SGIS Lessons and Carols
[I gave the following talk as part of the St. George’s Independent School Service of Lessons and Carols yesterday. The service included students from each of our three campuses and from the second through twelfth grades. Additionally, we had participation from a recent graduate who read one of the lessons. It was a simple and lovely […]
Paul’s Letter to the 2nd through Fifth Grade
[I gave the following talk yesterday morning to second through fifth graders on our Germantown Campus at St. George’s Independent School. The chapel theme for the month is HUMILITY. Before Thanksgiving I spoke on the topic of humility to our sixth through twelfth graders on the Collierville Campus.] Good morning! Over Thanksgiving Break I went […]
Opening Convocation Reflection: Good Neighbors in the SGIS Ecosystem
Indeed, a substantial part of the lives that I wish for each of you after your time at St. George’s is that you make all the ecosystems of which you are a member healthier and more sustainable. I am thinking of your colleges and universities and later, your cities and neighborhoods, for they are ecosystems as well.