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I’m blessed with the guidance and wisdom of many teachers and mentors (human and non-human). In this blog, I offer my reflections on teaching and learning in the hope of offering all types of educators guidance, wisdom, and - at the very least - hope in the complex and compelling space we call teaching/learning.
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IN:SIGHT Prophets of Possible
April 2, 2021 – I’m blessed with the guidance and wisdom of many teachers and mentors. I have my colleagues, friends and...
Apr 2, 20214 min read
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IN:SIGHT Steps
January 21, 2021—A colleague recently told the story of a hiking trip that offered a compelling insight into the power of story to reveal...
Jan 12, 20214 min read
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IN:SIGHT Signs
January 10, 2021—This past summer I was visiting a place well known for its natural beauty. An area frequently visited by tourists...
Jan 10, 20215 min read
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IN:SIGHT Mystery in Teaching
Why when God’s world is so big, did you fall asleep in a prison of all places? – Rumi Dec, 28 2020 — I’ve been thinking about mystery...
Dec 28, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Brokenhearted Abundance
Oct. 2, 2020 — Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer in her poem “Holding What Must Be Held” writes: “Down by the river we sit and talk. / When I...
Oct 2, 20203 min read
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IN:SIGHT Sacred Time
July, 17 2020 — I would like to state that we are living in sacred time. I acknowledge that this claim may feel out of synch with the...
Jul 17, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Now
June 17, 2020 — “Normal” is a word I hear often these days. It carries with it the allure, of well, normal. I sense that it is often used...
Jun 17, 20205 min read
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IN:SIGHT Stillness
May 29, 2020 — “Shelter in Place.” “Social distancing.” How do these words make you feel? I experience varying amounts of uncertainty,...
May 29, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Emotional Waves
May 19, 2020 — When you are stressed, anxious, and struggling to make sense of your teaching or leadership, where do you turn for...
May 19, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Spring Rituals
April 3, 2020 — Stability is something I long for in these days of the coronavirus pandemic. I dread the uncertainties of what is next....
Apr 3, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Coronavirus and Kindness
March 17, 2020 — Have you noticed? I’m sure you have or at least I hope you have. The gentle acts of kindness. The willingness to set...
Mar 17, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Balance/Integration
March 6, 2020 — Once a month, I meet with faculty and staff to share stories about ways to (balance/integrate) our call to care for...
Mar 6, 20204 min read
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IN:SIGHT Hospitality
Sept 24, 2019—As an educator I have many rituals, practices, and traditions that inform my approach to teaching and learning. One in...
Sep 24, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Inner Authority
August 22, 2019—I’m captivated and intrigued by human behavior; mine especially, but others as well. It is one of the reasons I became a...
Sep 22, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Core Values
Sept 7, 2019—What are your core values as a teacher; the three qualities of self that you strive to maintain at all cost? How did you...
Sep 7, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Summer Wildness
August 17th, 2018—Invoking winter may seem like an odd place to start an essay on summer but that is where I’m going to start. Using...
Aug 17, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Summer Joy
August 8, 2019—Earlier this summer I attended a conference at Goshen College titled; The Heart of Higher Education: Living Between What...
Aug 8, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Knowledge/Knowing Paradox
July 15, 2019—The field of education is rife with paradoxes, two things that are distinct yet cohere into one unified frame of...
Jul 15, 20194 min read
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IN:SIGHT Commitment and Activism
June 11, 2019—Two questions I’ve been sitting with lately: What does it mean to be fully committed to the inner life of teaching? How...
Jun 11, 20195 min read
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IN:SIGHT Teachers as Mystics: Part Two
May 20, 2019—In Part One of this two part blog-post I painted in broad brush strokes the features of teaching as a mystical experience. ...
May 20, 20195 min read
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