Our Core Values - (1) Christ the Cornerstone

During our discussions about core values over the summer, we kept coming back to New Hope’s commitment to providing Christian education for homeschooling families, seeing this as a defining characteristic of our community. In this spirit, we chose “Christ the Cornerstone” as our first core value because we believe that all of our other “values” spring from our relationship to the Risen Lord.

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"Glad for Another Death" - A Wise Man's Take on Christmas

As we celebrate the Nativity in the flesh of Our Lord and God and Savior Jesus Christ, the words of one of T.S. Eliot’s poems “The Journey of the Magi” lead us into aspects of this great mystery which are often forgotten or ignored. “A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey:

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“A Culture of Grace and Affirmation” – A Renewed Invitation

This fall was a time of significant transition at New Hope. From moving to Boxford to planning for new leadership, those of us in the office sometimes feel like we haven’t blinked since September. We’ve partnered together to make Joan’s leave-taking smooth, becoming a wonderful and supportive team to tackle this daunting task, and it was almost a surprise on Thursday when Joan, our primary guru, got into her car and drove away. I’ll add my voice to the chorus we’ve heard since September: What Joan has done for so many families can never be summed up in words!

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