The Coriolis effect and the winds of Genesis, Acts, and Kings.
Teaching During a Pandemic
I'm proud to have written these two pieces on addressing some challenges of teaching online during a global pandemic. They were published by the Wabash Journal on Teaching at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Check out both posts here:
Redwoods and Resurrection
Photo credit Matthew Kwong Redwood Forest, East Warburton, Australia “As pastor, I am obliged by divine order to give my life for those I love, that is all Salvadorans, even those who will assassinate me. If they kill me, I will rise again in the Salvadoran People”.~ Oscar Romero The scientific name of the Coast …
Letter to New Teachers
I have a few friends who begin their very first years of teaching this fall. This letter is written for them, but it's really for all of us. Dear first-year teacher, It’s fine. It’s all going to be fine. But this year will be physically, emotionally, and spiritually strenuous. You have one thing that your …
Student-Centered Learning
Here's a piece I recently published in our school's magazine about student-centered learning: I try to place the student’s experience in the center of the curriculum because I’ve come to believe it is the most effective way for them to learn. Social Location Project I start most of my semesters with a project called Social …
Is God ashamed of being called ‘she’? Are we?
Where I come from, mistaking a boy for a girl is a serious offense. Sure, everyone mixes up a neutrally-clad infant in a stroller—“Oh… what a cute little girl.” (“Ahem, that’s my son.”) A parent is not usually deeply insulted by this mistake. But the stakes get higher as we get older. Where I come …
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