We spend the majority of our lives living out bad theology, most of the time not even cognizant of the fact that we are completely off base. How sad that the well-intentioned person can very well lead a misinformed and unproductive life. Why? Because we don't read the Bible anymore. I am so …
Reliving An Embarrassing Middle School Moment
“LAURA! Go in for Samantha!” I heard from the far away end of the bench. “Me?” “YES. You’re in for Sam. Go! Hurry!” Oh my goodness. This was it. I was about to play in my first volleyball game at school. And it was a big deal. I was a 7th grader, and 7th …
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The Real Edgar Allan Poe (not the one they taught you in school)
Edgar Allan Poe was somebody so different than who historians have painted him to be. We have a poor image of him seared into our minds. But he is a fascinating man. a brilliant genius. A beautiful man. Temperate. Gentle. Kind. This blog comes from the book A Defense of Poe by Dr. Moran. 1885. The …
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Thoreau and The College Experience
I realized the other day that everything I’ve learned about how to teach has come from one of these three places: 1 - Watching both my parents teach 2 - Actually being a teacher and everything that entails -- constant personal reflection, and constant feedback and support from other teachers and …
Why I Will Always be a Mean Teacher
Last week was my last week student teaching. This week I'm just hanging out in the classroom watching my cooperating teacher teach the class again. my class. I sat there watching them work on a group assignment today, and all I wanted to do was leave my desk and walk around the room and …
Half My Heart to Make You Whole
(title credit: dragonheart [great movie]). Now that that's out of the way... People tend to inundate you with advice when you get pregnant (I AM NOT PREGNANT). But also, people tend to do the same when you get married: Enjoy this; don't worry about this; the first few months will be hard; …
That’s Sad
I've just recently started teaching a childrens class at church on Wednesday night. Typically it's to two kids, but tonight there were also two new girls who were visiting. While I was teaching John the Baptist and Jesus, one of the new girls seemed really interested and asked, "Why did Jesus come …
The Apostle Paul and Jimmy V: Don’t Give Up. Don’t Ever Give Up.
We give up so easily. When life goes a little astray from what we had planned, we panic, we stress; especially when a trial comes in our life that we never saw coming. But Paul never called it quits, and he was dealing with way more important things than we posh Americans do. Paul was dealing …
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God is Not Enough
God Is Not Enough. When God gives us a command to do or not to do something, that doesn't cut it. we have to somehow make it relate to us before we'll have the desire to obey it. For example, some Christian girls wear purity rings that say "true love waits." Christian parents teach their kids …
You’re Not as Blessed as You Think You Are
It's funny how we're so quick to slap the word "blessed" on ourselves when good circumstances come into our lives. As if we really ever took the time to hear what the Bible says about being blessed. As if we really ever even considered who Jesus says is really blessed. Start in the Beatitudes in …
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