After the wonderfully exhausting week of Bible School, DaLee and I were thinking about all the different VBS’s we had done at Bells as we went to bed. We could name most of them and then I remembered “Weird Animals” from last year so we had one left. We knew Read more…
We are in the early stages of another Presidential election. Campaign speeches are often interrupted by hecklers, but this is nothing new. I read about students at a university in Scotland who always heckled those who were given honorary degrees. Those students had just sat through four years of classes Read more…
In this day and age, if you do not have anything going on, you are an anomaly. We all have very busy schedules. We have work, school, homework, family, friends, hobbies, and more. There tend to be times in the week where we just want a moment to breathe. That Read more…
Anyone remotely familiar with schools knows that we are closing out the testing season. For the past month or more we have had some sort of testing going on. I’m talking major, big group tests and that’s not including the regular classroom tests and quizzes. We’ve had progressive assessment tests, Read more…
Jackie Warren, a teacher of the deaf and hard of hearing, put together a list of answers her students gave when asked about their mothers. One question she asked was; “Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?” The answers she received included: “Because we are Read more…
In John 9, we see one of the most lively discourse between a man who was a blind beggar and had his eyes opened by Jesus Christ, and Pharisees wanting to discredit the miracle. Through reading and studying the chapter, we can learn a little about the opposition that Christians Read more…
Well, it’s getting to be crunch time. There is light at the end of the tunnel – meaning the end of school is in sight! It also means that there is a lot of stuff that has to be done and I’m feeling the pressure. I got all my end Read more…
A NOT SO HAPPY ‘EARTH DAY’? Yes, Wednesday of this week is ‘Earth Day’. This is one contribution made by my generation during our idealistic stage. The year was 1970 when an activist from San Francisco named John McConnell and a Senator from Wisconsin named Gaylord Nelson decided that we Read more…
I can remember, when I was in elementary school, teachers would ask us to use our imagination and share what we wanted to be when we grew up. Many children would say they wanted to be athletes, others doctors and vets, others wanted to become famous, while I wanted to Read more…
I didn’t sleep well one night and woke up sluggish and dragging. “I know what I’ll do! I’ll drink one of those energy drinks!” I don’t normally do that. They can make you jittery or you can have a big “crash” when it wears off. “How bad can it be?” Read more…