Yesterday, Sunday, March 24 was my 12th anniversary. I spent a great day with my bride. We walked about Old Salem after eating at the Tavern. Then enjoyed a movie and an evening together. A special thanks to our friends for hosting a sleepover for … Read More →
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Implication of a Spiritual Diversity for Educators
What goal is not realistic for the Educator? Can he or she hope to pass on all he or she has learned concerning a certain skill or outlook on life? Perhaps. We have plenty of movies that enforce this impression. Caputo mentions the Star Wars … Read More →
The Teacher’s Moral and Spiritual Responsibility
How can the educator act responsibly toward the student? How can the Teacher and the Student both be true moral agents? It has been my experience that each and every person has a particular viewpoint that he or she thinks is best. Educators do have … Read More →
Love is Recognizing Otherness
The Four authors encountered in class, Capoto, Vollman, Bauman and Appiah, all demonstrated an awareness that one has responsibility for the Other, and that this responsibility can be understood morally and spiritually. I read Caputo as advocating that religion, the spiritual dimension, is the realm … Read More →
City Journal on Freire
Sol Stern at City Journal fingers Paulo Freire as the source of much of what ails today’s teacher education: Pedagogy of the Oppressor. Is education neutral? Christian educators agree with Freire and say no, however, they reject the notion that all teacher-directed education is indoctrination, … Read More →
May Kinklings
If you are in the Triad, North Carolina area on Monday night, and you are looking for stimulating conversation, consider the Kinklings, a Men’s ministry event of Grace Presbyterian Church of Kernersville. We will be discussing this great article by Ray Pennings from the archives … Read More →
Religious Plurality and The Secularization Thesis
The New Humanist has a great interview with Economist journalists John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge, authors of a new book: God Is Back: How the Global Revival of Faith Is Changing the World, which seeks to question, dare I say “debunk,” the secularization thesis, the … Read More →