More with less and less with more…
It’s back to the workaday world. The Thanksgiving holiday is over. I have had more time and done less with … Continue reading More with less and less with more…
It’s back to the workaday world. The Thanksgiving holiday is over. I have had more time and done less with … Continue reading More with less and less with more…
Yesterday, while waiting for the Yummy House to open so I could order some Chinese food for our evening meal, … Continue reading I woke up this morning…
One of my favorite tasks at school is one almost completely unrelated to my real job. It is teaching students … Continue reading Rants, rages on students, self…
Mid-chapel service on Tuesday, our headmaster called out, “Mrs. Dagen, could we add to tomorrow’s announcements that we are not … Continue reading No can do “No Whine Wednesday”…
Today I have the privilege to attend a conference that will help me lead my school through the accreditation process. … Continue reading When work feels like play…
“Each one should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms” (1 … Continue reading How pride squelches our talents…
One of my favorite contemporary artists is Mary Englebreit, and one of my favorite pieces of art by her illustrates … Continue reading Out of the mouths of teens…
My junior and senior English students had read Crime and Punishment and the book of Job. My bulletin board for … Continue reading ‘Suffering, too, is a good thing’…
Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our … Continue reading By the word of our testimony…
but not to a friendship… It wasn’t until my dad died that I realized he was the glue that held … Continue reading Saying goodbye to a colleague…
“It’s not the fall that kills you. It’s the sudden stop at the end.” No, I haven’t started skydiving or … Continue reading The sudden stop at the end…
“I don’t mean to sound derogatory,” one of my English students told me, “but this writer kind of sounds like … Continue reading The answer, my friend, IS blowing in the wind…
Sometimes I see God’s love for me in people, even when they may have never intended it. Sunday morning, I … Continue reading That is just so God!
“Once you stop growing, you start dying.” The Reverend Neville E. Gritt preached that from his pulpit on New Year’s … Continue reading S-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d!
I went to my mailbox this afternoon and found an unusual object–a handwritten letter. It was from Peter, a former … Continue reading The freedoms we take for granted…
Dear Faithful Readers, I apologize for my absence these past two weeks. The days and somewhat sleepless nights have been … Continue reading Briefly up for air…
I cried for the better part of the morning today. And I mean the word better as in “good, better, best” … Continue reading Toward something better…
Homeward bound My present state of thinking is that flying is simply a necessary evil. (Perhaps a bit extreme? Let … Continue reading Chronicles of Marmia, Day 4