Böcker av Bernard Bull

All educators have stories-stories of standardized tests, distracted students, and late-night grading. But Christian educators have additional stories of teaching creationism, praying in the classroom, and integrating faith into lessons.Using the power of story, the authors invite you to grapple with critical issues in contemporary education. Each chapter sets forth a fictional Christian school setting and real-world example, and then asks open-ended discussion questions for anyone involved in education to consider and apply to their own experience.

Drs. Bull and Pingel invite you to travel with them around the world, visiting different Lutheran schools that are growing, innovating, and thriving in a culture that challenges Christian education.Each of the eleven case studies in this book looks at a successful school, delving into its background and history, challenges and opportunities, goals and outcomes. Far from a step-by-step recipe for success, Imagine the Possibilities will expand your awareness of the vast potential in Christian education and provide you with ideas to consider implementing in your school.May these examples inspire you to create your own compelling story of a thriving Lutheran school, wherever God has called you to serve.

Technology influences every part of society-it shapes the way we think, speak, and act. In our increasingly technology-centered world, we must realize the impact of technology and make deliberate, intentional choices about how we use it.As Christians, we will always face challenges and opportunities in this digital age. At the intersection of faith and life, we must seek a biblical perspective about technology-for today and for tomorrow.

f you have offspring and live long enough, you will hear them say, "Daddy, you've told that story before…a thousand times. I could even tell it for you and not miss a word." As the number of children increases the repetition multiplies because you forget to whom the story has been told. Well, you don't want anyone to feel left out of the fun, so you retell it anyway, while they plan for your time in a nursing home.

ON DECEMBER 28, 2012, BARBARA AND I celebrated our 50th year of marriage. Most of our friends would ask her, "Barbara, how did you put up with him all those years?" Admittedly, it has not been easy for her. She started dating me because she thought I needed help and she became my helpmate and soul mate. Today, she used her computer skills to show me how to cut and paste the manuscript of this book. She has been a fantastic mother to our three grown children, mother-in-law to our children's spouses, and grandmother to our three grandchildren. God has been the source of Barbara's strength. She has worked as a school teacher, church worker, Disaster Relief worker and homemaker. Most of all she has been a faithful, loving wife. Our stories are about our Christian walk. The success that we have had we attribute to our attempt to follow the steps of the Master Teacher, Jesus. We acknowledge that we owe much to Carson Newman University where we met, dated, married, where I taught for 35 years and where several members of our family have graduated. We are happy to continue to support CNU with financial resources and volunteering our time on campus. Over the 35 years at CNU I kept a file of my favorite quotations which are included throughout this book and are credited where possible.Thanks to Benita Claiborne, there are fewer mistakes in this book because of her fine eye for errors, to Bethany Carpenter for her computer skills in assisting with page arrangements, and to Dr. Connie Bull for proof reading the manuscript.Thank you to all who read my previous book, "Daddy, You Have Told This Before." A professional educator in Iowa read it and called me "the Will Rogers of Tennessee." A friend, who was a college president, said mine was the only book he had read twice, except for the Bible. Many responses from readers have been encouraging.