Don I’m taking a trip along with a couple of other adventuresome educators this week. We’re going to Chicago to participate in Chicago, Illinois at the Newberry Library to attend a panel discussion, “Do Video Games Help Kids Learn?” The event is hosted by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. A group of educators … Read more
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I’m inclined to self-criticism and I am concerned that my postings are too strident at times. I feel everything very deeply. I’m a very sensitive if not sensible person. Yesterday at work I was speaking with a grandmother of one of the local young men serving in Afghanistan. She said, “I liked the article you … Read more
“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer This week I received a mailing from the Holy Name Province of Franciscan Friars. The letter came from the Office of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation. In the letter were brochures detailing information about Ecumenical Advocacy Days … Read more
Brother Charles, a fellow Franciscan has a wonderful homily that really resonates with me. Read it here.
The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.–John Schaar I thought this quote which came from Gratefulness.org was especially germane today in light of what has recently … Read more
Winter is a season of rest for Mother Earth. In the part of the world where I live, winter is a time of dormancy and usually a good helping of snow and cold. This year we’ve had less snow than normal and until recently the temperatures had been unusually moderate. There are times when winter … Read more
I publish electronically nearly everyday and many days I publish more than once. Almost everyday I’m writing my thoughts on this electronic medium. I’m sharing what I’m thinking with people I’ve never met nor will ever meet. Last week I shared that I had written an editorial for a local paper. Paula expressed an interest … Read more
Today is cold. It’s the dog days of winter. We’re not experiencing El Nino anymore. We don’t have the level of snow that we used to have, but it’s still cold. I read a lot. Some of my reading are blogs like this one and others are more news oriented like Huffington Post and Think … Read more
Today was the 59th anniversary of the assassination of one of the true saints of the 20th Century. January 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi was murdered by a Hindu extremist. Gandhi died almost five years before I was born. I regard him as one of my heroes. His death and that of Martin Luther King Jr. … Read more
