Rabbi’s Gift Story
This is a beautiful story of community building. It’s one we need more of. I spotted in on the bench next to me while at Eucharist this morning at Mt. Irenaeus This is just the kind of story that needs…
Compline
I am ending the day listening to the compline prayer of the monks of Mt. Saviour Monastery in Pine City, New York. I stopped by the monastery yesterday and spent sometime sitting quietly in the crypt that holds a statue…
Nook Color as an Android Tablet | Jason T Bedell
This is a great article by a fellow educational technologist I met through a colleague via Twitter last summer. I followed Jason’s lead and bought a Nook Color on Saturday night. Now thanks to “rooting” the device I can read…
Thoughts on yesterday
Yesterday as I sat in our kitchen reading and listening to Gregorian Chant on Pandora the horrific events that happened in Tucson, AZ began to unfold. First as a tweet from @npr on Twitter and then eventually to breaking news…
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers.…
Midnight Mass
This is the way the chapel looked at Holy Peace following this year’s midnight mass. We began the experience in darkness and were escorted from our car by Brother Kevin. A local power failure had blanketed the area in darkness…
Mountain Madonna
After midnight Mass we joined the friars for juice, coffee and freshly made Christmas cookies. I love this picture of Mary and Jesus and I often imagine her holding me or any of us. Protecting us from harm. “Come down…
Creativity Is on the Decline — And Why It Matters – The Juggle – WSJ
This adds fuel to a fire that is burning within me and it has to do with how we teach and what we teach and of course test in schools. The test everything mentality is not leaving us better prepared.…
Fifty-eight years
That’s not a long time for many, but it’s twelve more years than my father got and unless tonight is my last night I stand to have more time yet to live and make a difference. When I look around…
Halt the Lion of War
I just watched a great video from TEDx which is one of my favorite sources of information and education. Consider how William Ury’s approach which is based in Abraham could work. This fall as a graduate student at St. Bonaventure…