The Principal’s Blog

Thoughts from the great Christian thinker, CS Lewis, about educating ourselves and home life in times of crises (the eternal fact is that we are always moving toward or from God, to an eternity spent with or without him).

Thoughts from Mr. Byrd on our at-home schooling and other resources & support options for families during the COVID-19 crisis.

Please read this important message about RMCA's plan for Spring Semester and resources to help you during this time.

We, as parents, have the power to help our children be more joyful, more at-peace, more flourishing...in good and bad times.

Character is not something any of us inherits. As Christians, we believe that this best happens--and at the very least, can only be completed--through a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.

What Warner and Wilder do in this particular book really stands out from the crowd. Their own work, combined with the experiences and wisdom of many others, articulately spells out what a robust, joyful life can look like as an adult and as a child, and how that can be achieved through habits, bonding with good people, and constantly going back to a God who knows our needs and our children's needs before we even mention them.

What if how much we belonged to a worthy community was one of the most important aspect of a child's growth? What if success--academic, career, or any other measurement--was not ultimately based on how smarter or faster or stronger than our child is than someone else, but instead is a function of how mature he or she is in his or relationships within a community?

All children need to have access to Christ on a consistent basis, not just for an hour or two on Sunday. How can 16,000 hours in school, preschool through 12th grade, contribute toward that relationship? That is the question that we strive to answer each day in our community.

God is always with us, waiting for us to come to him, accept His help. We just have to stop running and hiding long enough to listen to His voice. 

We invite you to be a part of our mission by donating to the Christmas Blessing Fund!

Growing in our heart, soul, and mind has to come before we can help a child do the same.

Listening to God is not primarily about listening for words -- it is about sensing His voice with the fast-track part of our brain.

Properly educate the heart while providing an abundance of good mind food and the education of the head will take care of itself.

"...If the Kingdom is all about people, then learning how to stay in relationships, through thick and thin, has got to be something where we excel and that we teach well."

We all know what it feels and looks like to be led or to lead through fear vs. joy. We’ve all had 'alligators to face'...and how much rewarding it is to face that alligator with someone else, than alone!

“I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (John 15:11-13)

What would happen to our community if more of us adults had JOY at the forefront of our mind/spirit in every interaction that we had?