It is in vain that you rise up early and go late to rest, eating the bread of anxious toil; for he gives to his beloved sleep. Psalm 127:2 (RSV) Reflection “How do you do it?” I asked a friend. We're sitting at an afternoon tea honoring adjuncts. My paper plate is stacked with small squares of cheese and a meager number of strawberries because the unborn baby squeezed underneath my swollen abdomen demands that I eat or feel sick. Fat or protein seems to work the best. “My students have so many needs, and I … [Read more...] about Releasing the Helm: Letting Go of “Excellence in All Things” (Scholar’s Compass)
Releasing the Helm
Releasing the Helm: Loosening My Grip on My Students’ Learning (Scholar’s Compass)
For if we are really to receive everyone as Christ that means that we must respect each as made in the image of God and not in the image of ourselves. Esther de Waal,Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict. Reflection Sitting at their tables, my students listened to me with red-rimmed eyes or drooping heads. Many had half empty coffee cups near them. They were tired. Painfully tired. I knew these students gained from the course because they would refer to its content in other classes. But as I walked to my car, their … [Read more...] about Releasing the Helm: Loosening My Grip on My Students’ Learning (Scholar’s Compass)
Releasing the Helm: Letting Theory Critique My Faith (Scholar’s Compass)
We must listen with all our might, with all our will to discern, laying aside our very human desire to be right with a prayer that we may be faithful. - Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies, Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2009 Reflection The air conditioner's white noise makes my meeting with my dissertation advisor dreamlike, as if the discussion we are having isn't real, as if my legs' adherence to the sticky metal folding chair is a discomfort that I would vaguely remember when I wake up. I'm … [Read more...] about Releasing the Helm: Letting Theory Critique My Faith (Scholar’s Compass)