Wisdom from a 10th Grade English Class
Description
Former professor, church staff writer, and now public high school English teacher Sarah Bailey joins Scott and Whitney to talk about calling, life in the public school classroom, balancing work and motherhood, and why 15-year-olds may be among the most compelling people to learn from. Their conversation explores what it means to see others the way God sees them and how the new heavens and new earth actually have a lot in common with a 10th-grade English class.
Key Points
- Living out our calling in real time can be as simple as leaning into a “sticky thought”—submitting it to the wisdom of Scripture and biblical community.
- Our culture is obsessed with making the grade, while the gospel shows us that our identity is not found in performance.
- 15-year-olds can be incredibly compelling as they begin to wrestle with some of life’s biggest questions in honest, unfiltered ways.
- Part of illustrating the gospel to our children is demonstrating that we are willing to sacrifice ourselves for the good of someone else—even if that means spending less time with our children.
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