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How does your biblical worldview currently influence your role as a Christian educator?
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My biblical worldview influences my role as a Christian educator by helping me with patience and understanding of the issues that my students are dealing with as part of the secular world. There is so much confusion about the truth in society today and having the biblical foundation to rely on and portray to my students the truth about life and help them cope with the lies that are permeating society.
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My biblical worldview currently influences my role as a Christian educator through the work that God has given me as an author.
I currently have a picture book published, Marvelous Work by Jena’ Lowry. This fall, I will have a chapter book series coming out which I am so excited about.
God gave me the opportunity through writing books to teach children/youth how to apply the Word of God in the daily lives. How when we “apply” what we learn, there is a powerful outcome. Due to my husband having a stroke to his brainstem, I have been unable to return to the classroom. However, over the past few years, as my husband has been recovering and attending therapy, God opened the door for me to write and share truth through books. I pray that it influences readers by teaching them that they are created with purpose, and in God’s image. They hold the power of the Holy Spirit, and can do great things! -
I believe I was called back to teaching. It requires a lot of personal sacrifice. More personal reflection than I have ever done and more praying than I have ever done. That being said, it is so necessary and so fitting that I need to continue cleaning up all corners of my house as I help my students do the same.
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My biblical worldview has much to do with my role as a Christian educator. What I believe about Christ and his Word come out daily for sure, but on some days hourly or minute by minute as we make it through a day. My biblical worldview makes me share Jesus with students , elevate his Word and require learners to memorize it regularly, and to trust that the children in my care have been placed there sovereignly by God for “such a time as this.” My biblical worldview helps me understand students also need opportunities to flesh out what they believe about Christ, the scripture, and about history. I need to know well what scripture teaches so I can correctly pass down those truths and produce students who also have a biblical worldview.
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It influences how I teach, how I correct, and how I communicate. It is a daily reminder that I am serving the Lord in my work. It gives me the ability and opportunity to share God’s word as it pertains to the things we see in our culture, in history, and in every subject area in the classroom. What a blessing it is to be able to openly talk about His sovereignty, His creations, and His Word in various lessons! While I am committed to helping students succeed academically, I know none of that matters if they don’t succeed spiritually…. So, it also influences me to always keep their salvation in mind. I truly want to prepare my students as they enter the world, and as a Christian, I cannot do that without God’s Word. I want to make sure they have a solid foundation built upon our “rock” Jesus Christ.