Last evening my wife and I started reading a new book; Instructing a Child’s Heart by Tedd and Margy Tripp. One of the first paragraphs stood out to me, it included the word transcendent, one that I’ve been thinking about the past months in connection to what drives and motivates us. Where do you take… Continue reading Transcendent Causes
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Where?s the towel when you need it?
Aghh, I am ready to throw in the towel in a lot of ways. Frustrations galore in life right now. Why me? I just want to be basic and normal. Why do I care? What must it be like to be really apathetic? To not know and not care? In just a few days my… Continue reading Where?s the towel when you need it?
Can I Do A “Media Fast”?
In an email from Youth Worker Journal there is a challenge to do media fast. Some stats from the Media-Fast website: Americans aged 13 – 18 spend more than 72 hours per week using electronic media?defined as the Internet, cell phones, television, music, and video games. Because teens are known for multitasking, their usage of… Continue reading Can I Do A “Media Fast”?
Teaching Math
I know now that some students get it. The other day a student told the rest of the school in chapel that he ?thinks Mr. Paul wants his students to question what they are doing, not just get some mechanical algorithm that is ?done? to a problem.?. A few years ago I wrote this in… Continue reading Teaching Math