There’s so much opposition to technology. But then you encounter a story like this: It was unbelievable,” Miller said, “because it wasn’t just a few people watching the wedding because they couldn’t be there in person. In Detroit we had 300 people in a hotel ballroom; I officiated the wedding and then there was a …
Yesterday in class, my laptop died. We have 30 minutes left in class and with our final quickly approaching, I didn’t want to miss important information. I use Evernote for all of my class notes, so I knew that I could use my mobile to pick up right where I left off, but I hesitated. …
I never knew that some of our family Christmas traditions were so unusual until I recounted them to some friends and realized we were the only family that had these traditions. During my student teaching experience, I walked into our holiday program and was surrounded by an hour and a half of traditions that I …
It’s Christmastime (oh sorry, I mean holiday break) and many classrooms have a countdown for the number of days left in school on their boards. For some reason this time of year always made me especially reflective (maybe it was all those midyear conferences with evaluators and administrators!). Working in high poverty classrooms, I always …
I’m winding down my semester and am faced with the daunting task of preaching as a requirement for my Intro to Preaching class in a week. “It’s just like teaching. You’ll be fine,” are the responses that I’ve gotten from most people. But it’s not like teaching. My personal faith and my personal beliefs about …
One of the aspects I miss the most about being outside of the classroom, is students teaching students. I was a technology teacher last year and was in way over my head. I was trying to set up student blogs and give my students exposure to google apps with a little bit of podcasting sprinkled …
In the midst of my reading for divinity school, I encountered the term “embedded theology,” which is A theology deeply in place and at work as we live The discussion distinguishes between embedded theology and deliberate theology or a chosen theology. Embedded theology is often not questioned, but causes us to make decision. If that …
I attended Spartanburg Writing Project’s Fall Renewal Conference yesterday. All of the attendees had name tages with their school or district name on them. I didn’t. I didn’t have a school. I didn’t have a district. But I am a teacher. It’s seems like a contradiction. How can you be a teacher without a school? …
I felt like I left you hanging after my last post. It’s a struggle to change vocations after 4 years of self- identification. I am sure that some of you would say, “Try changing after 15 or 20 years.” I know that it is self-indulgent for me to write about what is going on in …
When you open yourself up to a call to ministry, you expose yourself. Part of the process is realizing and recognizing your weakness, your ill motivations and the way that you’ve hidden those so well from others. You invite others to peer into the very heart of who you are. I’ve heard the argument against …
