A scene from The Princess Bride—where “mostly dead” proves not fully dead—serves as a perfect metaphor for relationships that seem beyond repair but still hold the possibility of restoration. In families, classrooms, and school culture, gospel-shaped forgiveness creates space for for this kind of growth, resurrection, and true greatness: not standing tallest, but stooping lowest in love.
This season invites us to breathe deeply and look both backward and forward at once. It is a season of remembering God’s provision, the victories, the losses, the unexpected mercies, and the hard-won lessons. But it is also a season of holy anticipation. Here, in this season of thanksgiving, anticipation, and reflection, we learn that pressing on is not an act of solitary striving, but of communal grace.
At StoneBridge School, athletics is more than a program—it’s a proving ground for faith in Christ. Every practice, every game, and every huddle becomes an opportunity to glorify God through discipline, teamwork, and perseverance. The school’s athletics program is built on five key principles that reflect the same Christ-centered excellence and character formation that lead families to reenroll year after year.
As the leaves turn and college football season reaches full stride, I’m struck by how much the game has changed. Shifts in the culture of sports remind me of an old classic I watched a few years ago, one that offers a surprising parallel betwen pragmatism and principle. Pragmatism whispers, “Do whatever works. Bend the truth if you must. Cut the corner. Chase the result.” Principle, on the other hand, calls us to the harder path…
The following is the first of a four-part message Pastor Corbett Casteen, with Liberty Live Church, delivered during this year’s Upper School Retreat, Sept. 16-18. How do we stay faithful in a culture that pulls us in every other direction? Daniel’s life shows us what it looks like to live for God in a world that doesn’t.
Mount Everest stirs something ancient in the soul. A yearning to rise. A hunger to behold something that cannot be bought, only earned. The summit is not just a place on a map; it’s a place in the heart where fear meets faith, and faith stands taller. Every remarkable ascent begins long before the first step is taken. At StoneBridge, we, too, are preparing for a climb. Not one of rock and ice, but of faith and formation.
