Excellence

In the late ‘80’s CBA was in its growing stages. The staff of CBA were newbies helping newbies in this adventure of home-schooling. We were 20+ years younger then and full of ideas and energy. We had all kinds of ideas and visions of how this ministry might grow and serve enrolled students and families. Too many ideas, actually. To the CBA board it was clear that we should narrow our focus and, as they suggested, “make haste slowly and do a few things well”. “With excellence”, one added, and then suggested that excellence offers a great opportunity to accomplish God’s purposes in ministry. He shared four principles.
1. Excellence honors God
2. Excellence inspires learners
3. Excellence impacts observers
4. Excellence attracts gifted people
I wrote these four principles down that night. They have been a good touchstone for the ministry and are applicable to many areas. As a home-educating family you have a unique opportunity to prepare your children to be salt and light for their generation. Together with the One who walks with us we can do the job . . . with excellence.