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Category Archives: children
Using desists in classroom management
One of my all-time favorite cartoons growing up was Quickdraw McGraw and his faithful companion, Babalooi (does that date me?). Do you remember them? Quickdraw was the noble but naïve, quick-on-the-trigger sheriff who fought off wicked desperados who inevitably found … Continue reading
Readings for Advent and Christmas from Gutenberg
One of my favorite and often-visited websites is that of the Project Gutenberg. There are over 20,000 free books (electronic texts) in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog, a bibliophile’s dream! It’s been a great source of reading material for … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent, Christmas readings, e-books, gutenberg, Israel Galindo, sony reader
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Book review: Thompson, Family: The Forming Center
The central thesis of Marjorie J Thompson’s Family: The Forming Center. A vision of the role of family in spiritual formation (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1996), is that, for good or evil, the home is the primary context in which … Continue reading
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Educating Nomads
One of those “Aha!†moments came to me twenty-some years ago while staring at the blank computer screen where Sunday’s sermon should have been making its appearance. Unfortunately, my thoughts were elsewhere; I had been dealing with the parent of … Continue reading
Posted in children, Christian Education, congregational life, discipleship, leadership, Sunday school, worship
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Just the facts, please
As a former principal of a private school I suppose I can be accused of being biased on the issue of private “vs.†public schools, parental choice, vouchers, etc. The school I served was in Miami with a 93% minority … Continue reading
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On mentoring
I continue to be fascinated with how people are enamored with the idea of mentoring. It seems to have a romantic hold on people’s imagination. I recently received an e-mail from a friend who is a college program director. She … Continue reading
Posted in children, discipleship, personal growth, teaching, vocation
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The Good Ole Days
Remember the good ole days? As a young lad growing up as a sand-lapper in Beaufort, SC I have fond memories of mosquitoes, Spanish moss, red bugs, marshlands, and even that strange Gullah dialect that was embedded in the people … Continue reading
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Myths about Penicillin, Bacteria, and Baptism
The following is from the book Myths: Fact and Fiction about Teaching and Learning by Israel Galindo. How well do you know fact from fiction? MYTH: Penicillin kills bacteria.
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Cop-at-the-door (contest)
When we were young my siblings and I would often receive a warning from our mom whenever we ventured from home. With a somber voice and a straight face (but not without a twinkle in her eye) she would admonish … Continue reading
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How to make silly putty (a ministry skill)
Despite the serious and lofty education most of us clergy receive in seminary (theology, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, hermeneutics, philosophy, etc.) ministry has, decidedly, a pragmatic skills component to it. As one person put it, you have to “know stuff†(and … Continue reading
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