The Miracle of Life - on the big screen!

Our kindergarten students have been taking care of eggs for the past few weeks. Carefully following their progress in our new incubator, we were all instructed to not prop doors, stay away from adjusting the air conditioner (to maintain consistent temperature), and - above all - pray for the health and well-being of our latest life science endeavor. At exactly 21 days, teachers were found running down the hall to the front office exclaiming, "The chicks are coming, the chicks are coming!" With great excitement, several of us entered one of our kindergarten classrooms to find all of our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first chick. Everyone was given a bigger-than-life-view by use of the new document camera, as projected on the screen we watched and listened to the first emerging chick. After a whole lot of work, along with quiet encouragement from the captive audience, the first baby finally broke through. I was amazed listening to the conversations taking place among five and six-year-old children and their teachers. They intelligently discussed the various parts of the egg and chick, pointed out observations on the screen,

and feverishly recalled past classroom lessons helping to prepare them for this day. Then one of the most moving moments came - student-led, impromptu singing of "Awesome God," and "My God is so Big." At Lipscomb, the pull of the spiritual into the academic, even for the youngest, has become so natural and necessary. Faith and learning. It's what we do. And on that day, in that classroom, it might have been the best I've seen yet... Can't wait to see what tomorrow brings!