In the World, Not of the World: Christian Education Beyond Devotions and Bible Class

*This article was written for the 1998 Protestant Reformed Scholarship essay. There was something about the school setting that immediately called out to me, loud and clear. I’m not exactly sure what it was that ignited my interest; kindergarten is always a staggering, monumental event for a child. It could have been anything from those wonderful monkey bars on the playground to the mesmerizing teaching style of my teacher, Mrs. Huisken. I do not know what was tugging at me, but something...