

The ABC Anthem
I'm currently sitting in a classroom listening to 11 little scholars enthusiastically rap the letters of the alphabet. I wish you could be here too because it's a beautiful sound. It's a sound of hope and zeal and joy and as it fills the room it all feels worth it. The long nights learning building codes and the early morning meetings and all the headaches in between. All the selfless volunteers who have given their time and all the sacrificial dollars that are funding this j


First Day of School Eve
It's 12:22 am on the day I will meet the inaugural kindergarten class of Urban Christian Academy. In so many ways it was tempting to doubt if this day would ever come.There were so many what if's that stood in between us and August 20th. And the resounding message God has been painting on the canvas that is UCA is this: my way is not (always) conventional. your what if's do not limit me. I am faithful. I have felt like Moses so many times looking up at God trying to convince