 Hi, I'm Don Sweeting, President of Colorado Christian University, and I'd like to take a minute of your time to think about the importance of teachers. This week around the country, parents, students, and teachers are ramping up for a new season of learning. In fact, this week already, students started arriving on the campus of Colorado Christian University as we anticipate a new academic year. Teachers have such an influential role in our lives. I mean, think about the teachers who influenced your life. Think of the power of a teacher. Besides our parents, they introduce us to all other subjects and create all other professions and have this vast influence on our future. They impart knowledge, they instruct, they answer our questions, they see in us things that we don't see in ourselves, they see aptitudes and interests, they create sparks of learning that will last a lifetime. That's why at CCU, we devote so much of our time and program to training up a new generation of teachers who will serve in our churches, in our community, and our state schools. In fact, the National Council on Teacher Quality has ranked both the elementary and secondary education licensure programs at CCU's School of Education among the top-ranked programs in the state of Colorado and in the 98th percentile of teacher education programs in the country. So if you're a teacher, whether you teach in a public school, a Christian school, a charter school, home school, a classical school, I want to thank you for the important contribution you make to our culture. And for the rest of us, can I remind you to pray for your teachers, train your children to esteem your teachers, and let's do everything we can to affirm our teachers in this new academic year. And don't forget to pray for universities like Colorado Christian University as we pursue our mission of Christ-centered higher education, transforming students to impact the world with grace and truth.