Should I Care About My Safety? Missions in “Dangerous Places”

by Mary Lynn Derstine (originally published on December 10, 2020) “Do you feel safe?” is a question people often asked me while I was in Iraq. Safety is a concern to many. I hear parents wondering if they should let their teenagers go places and get jobs because, “Is it safe?” We try to be safe as we become adults. Most of us don’t pick up hitch hikers (or maybe you do?)…

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Critical Thinking: Through the Eyes of a Berean

One thing I have learned from studying history with my students is that critical thinking of past heroes’ work is not popular. My 7th graders and I just learned about the history of science. It was fascinating to see that when a scientist made an important discovery, people believed they were right in every other area of science. For example, because Isaac Newton discovered gravity, they believed every other statement he made…

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