“Working in teams and working as a team in a cooperative manner was precisely the way Jesus engaged in ministry. It gave power and was truly transformative.” — Stephen K. Pickard Introduction In October my kids celebrate their half-birthdays. That means that by October it has been six months since our family has hosted a …
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Blog the Fourth
“Human beings were made for relationships: without a rich and nourishing network of connections, we wither and die.” — Parker Palmer Introduction For most school-aged children in India going to school was a chore, a daily test of mental endurance and emotional resilience. In large classes with sixty-plus students, a teacher’s main mode of maintaining …
Blog the Third
“Grace does not entail receiving our just reward. It involves receiving something that we have done absolutely nothing to earn, receiving a blessing when our just reward is punishment and being loved when we deserve judgment.” — Donovan Graham Introduction It was 1999 and the internet was still relatively new. Y2K hysteria both amused and …
My First Blog Post
“. . .there is a change (certainly in NZ) to focus on the development of students who are characterised by certain ‘ways of being’ because the nation understands it both needs and wants its future citizens to be creative, able to work with the unknown. . .” — Bev Norsworthy Introduction It was the worst …
A Year of Being Brave
Stumbling steps towards maturity. Self-efficacy. Resilience. These are words that I am trying to create meaning for within myself. It is a slow gathering of information: external, internal, and experiential. I hope in the process of meaning making – in the act of taking in – to come to a place of transformation, or turning …
Growing, gaining, regurgitating 