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Learning while Grading
It’s the end of the quarter, which means grades are almost due. It’s nice to listen to sermon and interviews while taking care of things. One that I listened to today was this recent interview with James K. A. Smith … Continue reading
Sunday’s Best: Misreading the Screen
Today’s FoxTrot by Bill Amend is another nice episode of “online follies” with Paige and the Fox family. Online learning is a whole new world in lots of ways, it seems. (image from gocomics.com)
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Toward a Sense of Suffering?
This last week we have been talking about the problem of evil in class. It’s a short unit, but you’d like to think it’s something that will come back around (the discussion, not the evil) throughout a lifetime. Attempting to … Continue reading
Prince and Plague
Today was our first day back in classrooms with students. It was a kind of “preview” day with just a small selection of students present, but it was really nice to have others in the room. How strange that it’s … Continue reading
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Approaching Quarter’s End
Today I recorded my last chapel talk of the quarter. Mind you, I hadn’t planned on it happening today. It was lunch time when a co-worker reminded me that next week was the last week of the quarter. That plus … Continue reading
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Email Excitement
Today I received an email from an author that has been shaping my life over the last twenty years. The connection got made because I’m working on a professional development opportunity for our school and I’m working with someone who … Continue reading
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Normal for Some
One last back-to-school Frazz by Jef Mallett to wrap up the week. (image from gocomics.com)
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Pandemic Permanence
Today Rod Dreher spent some time reflecting on this piece from the Baptist Press concerning the long-term effects of Covid for churches. The church that gets most of the mentions in the piece is a relatively short drive (in TN … Continue reading
The Reality of Remote Lunching
Here’s a little remote learning humor from FoxTrot to close out the week. (image from gocomics.com)
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On School and Aging
This week in Frazz by Jef Mallett, Caulfield has been on a roll about some interesting connections between his age (he’s eight) and the timing of school. It’s easy, of course, to forget that Caulfield is eight since he’s got … Continue reading
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