My Current Buzzwords
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
I have 2 short phrases that are like mantras right now:
1. SIMPLIFY
2. “to the cloud”
For reasons too countless to explain, this Fall semester (yes, my life is divided into and categorized by semesters) has been an unrelenting series of chaotic e...
1. SIMPLIFY
2. “to the cloud”
For reasons too countless to explain, this Fall semester (yes, my life is divided into and categorized by semesters) has been an unrelenting series of chaotic e...
A Rant About Education
posted about 1 year ago, updated 7 minutes later | 1 comment
I have 2 “hot-button” issues. One is illegal immigration and the second one is education. On both of these topics, I consider myself somewhat of an expert because I have dealt with both throughout my career which now spans 36 years of my life. I h...
No Miss. There Were 34
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
(The LORD himself goes before you and will be with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged." Deuteronomy 31: 7-9)
Today in my last period class my students took a test. By the time everyone was finish...
Today in my last period class my students took a test. By the time everyone was finish...
WHEN GOD SHOUTS YOUR NAME
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
…and keeps you awake at night…
and disrupts your concentration….on purpose…repeatedly….
and finally slaps you upside the head…..spiritually….of course…
you can be certain that it’s YOUR time to listen and to DROP the resistance act. He’s past----...
and disrupts your concentration….on purpose…repeatedly….
and finally slaps you upside the head…..spiritually….of course…
you can be certain that it’s YOUR time to listen and to DROP the resistance act. He’s past----...
Brighter Day
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 2 hours later | 5 comments
As a teacher, my year pretty much begins and ends in mid-August. It’s been that way since I was in pre-school, so it’s been that way for all my life as far as I can recall.
That being said, today, I’m at an annual turning point. The end of one ye...
That being said, today, I’m at an annual turning point. The end of one ye...
My Life on iTunes
posted about 1 year ago | 0 comments
OK, all I wanted to do was to order a few songs from iTunes. That’s all. Nothing more and nothing less. This is usually not a difficult procedure. Pretty cut and dried as long as you pretty much know the title of the song you are wanting to purcha...
Vaya con Dios!
posted about 1 year ago, updated 9 minutes later | 6 comments
He’s 22. A recent college graduate. He’s a very devoted Christian who knows how to have fun. He speaks pretty fluent Spanish.
He’s got job prospects. But for the last year and a half, he’s also felt a calling to serve God as a missionary. He know...
He’s got job prospects. But for the last year and a half, he’s also felt a calling to serve God as a missionary. He know...
DAD
posted about 1 year ago | 3 comments
My father was always a hard nut to crack. He definitely had an effect on my life, a profound one, but not always in a positive way. Oftentimes, it seems, he’s been more of a cautionary tale to me than anything else as I have grown older, made deci...
When I was Young in Wisconsin.....
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
When I was young in Wisconsin, I remember the smell of autumn leaves, raked and piled, being burned in the evening stillness. There was a special crispness to the air and I knew that Halloween was right around the corner. What would I be? A witch,...
PONDERINGS ON GRADUATION
posted about 1 year ago, updated 1 day later | 3 comments
A couple of weeks ago I was sitting in Texas Christian University’s Daniel Meyer Coliseum for their 2010 Commencement. My son, Corey, was graduating with a BBA and Honors from the Neeley School of Business. Naturally I was bursting at the seams wi...
