Category Archives: Teaching

Technology and Trust in the Classroom

While I am grateful for a break from school, my heart and mind are never far from the classroom.  As the teachers-only portion of the school year ended, I was already brainstorming ways to encourage students to as (better) questions. … Continue reading

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On Space and Time

Every now and then, things line up and I come across different internet posts that deal with the topics mentioned in this site’s title: space and time. Seth Godin recently shared his thoughts on the difference between a boundary and … Continue reading

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Parting Glances, Parting Shots

I celebrated the first official day of summer vacation yesterday by . . . going to work.  There was an almost-last-minute request to sit in on some interviews that I couldn’t/shouldn’t turn down.  In a way, interviews are always interesting … Continue reading

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2×2 for Resilience

I’ve mentioned and attempted to use the idea of a 2×2 square before, particularly when it comes to faithfulness and freedom.  And while Andy Crouch is synonymous with the tool for me, it shows up in other places at times. … Continue reading

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Freedom and Faithfulness Revisited

Back in April, I posted a longer entry that included a four-square consideration of freedom and faithfulness.  I’d meant to revisit the topic later, but not this later (over a month later).  Even though I didn’t write about it, though, … Continue reading

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The Tension of Enchantment

This semester in class we’ve started each period with a reading from the New Testament letter of James and prayer.  This week, as we’ve come to the end of the letter, we’ve read and briefly talked about what James says … Continue reading

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Spring Break Scramble

This last week has gone by in a blur.  That’s to be expected, of course, at the end of a quarter or semester.  The week has been packed with classes and grading and meetings and trying to wrap things up … Continue reading

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Doubts and Ladders

This week my department started discussing Matthew Lee Anderson’s Called in Questions, which is about the importance of asking questions in the Christian life.  We had a good conversation about the first chapter or so, with opinions about the place … Continue reading

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“Where My Feet Are”

I discovered this recently recorded song by Andrew Peterson thanks to the comments section for this article from Mockingbird. A few years ago, I started encouraging our students with “wherever you are, be all there,” especially if we were at … Continue reading

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“Made for People” Redux

Back in August I wrote a few posts about Justin Whitmel Earley’s Made for People.  I enjoyed the book so much that I did a short seminar on it for some students at school a few weeks ago.  Instead of … Continue reading

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