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Rediscover the Joys of Teaching
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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Apr 2, 20214 min read
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...
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Jan 12, 20214 min read
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...
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Jan 10, 20215 min read
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...
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Dec 28, 20204 min read
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...
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Oct 2, 20203 min read
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...
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Jul 17, 20204 min read
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...
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Jun 17, 20205 min read
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...
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May 29, 20204 min read
IN:SIGHT Stillness
May 29, 2020 — “Shelter in Place.” “Social distancing.” How do these words make you feel? I experience varying amounts of uncertainty,...
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May 19, 20204 min read
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...
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Apr 3, 20204 min read
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....
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Mar 17, 20204 min read
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...
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Mar 6, 20204 min read
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...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read
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...
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Sep 22, 20194 min read
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...
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Sep 7, 20194 min read
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...
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Aug 17, 20194 min read
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...
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Aug 8, 20194 min read
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...
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Jul 15, 20194 min read
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...
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Jun 11, 20195 min read
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...
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May 20, 20195 min read
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. ...
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