I have a short and simple thought for this week, but it is an important one nonetheless. This is my seventh year teaching high school students. I still enjoy it, actually. Especially here at Ambleside. I enjoy being able to serve in a relational capacity as well as an instructional one. I will admit, that […]
Blessed are the Peacemakers
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.” – Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount In 1965, 100 years after the Civil War and the abolition of slavery, and after more than a decade of intense struggle from the Civil Rights Movement, the President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson, submitted […]
The Virtuous Christian Life
How would you describe the virtuous Christian life? What are the things that would make it on your list? Our lists likely change over time as we experience more and more of the joys and sufferings that life brings us, but it is probably safe to say they involve a fair amount of doing. Surely […]
The Final Stretch
We are in the home stretch before summer break. Our students at the high school have already completed their humanities exams, are currently neck deep in a seven- page essay, with science and math exams are on the horizon. I look back at what my students have accomplished this year, and it is pretty amazing. […]
Weekly Examen
I teach Spiritual Formation to sophomores and juniors at the high school. Each Monday we begin that class by meditating through the “weekly examen.” I adapted it from a prayer practice called the “daily examen” (admittedly, it did not require a lot of innovation). The purpose of this practice is to deliberately pause in order […]