External Processor

There is an article on Christianity Today entitled " Why We Send Our Kids to the Poorest Public School. " I think about the main concept of this article all the time. I usually go back and read the article again every six months or so. You should really read it for yourself to understand the rest of my discussion here, but I'll try to summarize. Basically, a Christian mother ends up in a new city and her kids are attending a school that is very different from their previous one. The school is poor and so are the families of the students. Many families are refugees and many students are learning English as a second language. Of course the traditional wisdom of Americanism says that you should get your kids out of there by moving to a different school district or sending them to a private school. However, this mother explains that her Christian faith told her to stay in that school district. She admits that she wrestled with this and struggled to trust God. And while this a...