Josh Crane

FAMILY:
My wife Jennifer has her own design firm- the three of us have been married 11 years- 3 children Rachel (2000) Rebecca (2002) Ruth (2005) one more on the way.

MINISTRY:


SERVING AS: Head of School

DUTIES: To oversee the School’s efforts to help children discover a passion for God, a love of truth and commitment to service

PASSIONS: Sound Arguments, The English Language, New York Yankees Baseball, Travel, Helping (in whatever way I can) the World Become what it Ought

PHILOSOPHY OF MINISTRY & LIFE: I believe in Orthodox Christianity as articulated in the Holy Scriptures and summarized in the Westminster Confession of Faith. I am a living testament to the five points of Calvinism. I believe in the incomparable power of God that can part seas, make suns stand still and change human hearts. I believe there is an order and design to every discipline (music, business, politics) and that it is the human privilege to unlock and discover those designs. I believe in the sacredness of every human being. I believe Jesus Christ when he says “Apart from me, you can do nothing”.

I want to lead our School into greater understanding of the greatness of God and his all encompassing reality, thereby increasing our intellectual, social, physical, and emotional capacities.

EDUCATION/ORDINATION:

BA Vanderbilt University English
MPHIL University of Glasgow European Romanticism
MA Covenant College Educational Leadership (2010)

FAVORITES:

BOOKS: Bible: Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Nehemiah, 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, Revelation, Fiction: All the Kings Men by Robert Penn Warren, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Poetry: Byron, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats in that order. Anything by CS Lewis, Francis Schaeffer or Ravi Zacharias

QUOTE: “We’re adventurers sir currently pursuing an opportunity but we’re open to other opportunities” Ulysses Everett McGill

MUSIC: Lyle Lovett, Pixies, Counting Crows, U2, Smiths, Coldplay, Stone Roses, Echo and the Bunnymen, Hillsong, Michael W. Smith

MOVIES: O Brother Where Art Thou, Oceans 11, Braveheart, Last of the Mohicans, Casino Royale

HOBBIES: Biking, Intelligent Conversation, Romantic Poetry, Ethnic Food, Global Intrigue and Striped Ties

FOODS: Cornbread, Fresh fruits and vegetables, curries

STRANGE BUT TRUE: I attended an all girls school for 2 years.