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Posted 2018-02-25T20:54:11Z

Between an Acorn and an Oak Tree

Sometimes my cultural analogies are lost on students. For example, yesterday I tried to tell a student my seemingly tedious assignment to him was his "wax on, wax off" task that would make sense later. His roommate had never seen The Karate Kid and had no idea what that meant. Once I explained the finer points of martial arts and window cleaning, it sort of stuck. (Full disclosure, I don't know the finer points of martial arts or window cleaning.)[...]

Posted 2018-02-19T09:24:56Z

Of Cheesecakes and Crushed Dreams

So I really love cheesecake. It's delicious. 

One of my students found out and promised to make me a boss cheesecake. This escalated in importance when I found out he'd never made a cheesecake before, and four other students have now made me three separate delicious cheesecakes. The delightful initial student planned to come over today after church with three of his friends to make me this crowning cheesecake.[...]

Posted 2018-02-11T18:39:38Z

Counting Every Blessing

If you haven't listened to Rend Collective's latest album, you're wasting your life. I'm currently obsessed with several songs, but "Counting Every Blessing" resonated pretty well with me tonight. As I was thinking through what happened this week, I was struck by the amazing gifts I received in the previous several days of students reaching out and affirming my work as an educator - specifically in educating them about the Christian faith. [...]