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"What are you going to do when your map fills up?" "I guess I'll have to retire," I've joked with students for years as I invite them to write their…

"What does arson smell like?" a student once asked during my lesson. "That's just smoke!" one of his peers shouted in disbelief. Years later, many of the students from that…

I love me a good thunderstorm, but those aren't good for me to practice walking in. I would still love to dance in one again, but right now, I have…

There is only one person on earth I know who is a bigger grammar nerd than I am, and that person is Brandon Washington. He is also a much better…

I'm not shy about the fact that my best physical feature is my eyebrows, but apart from that, I'm also not super into fashion or beauty products or really doing…

Today is the celebration of Easter in the Orthodox church, and I love how the Jesus followers of different traditions get to extend our celebration of Jesus' resurrection when we…

My friend Givorgy told me that the last week of March into the start of April was a beautiful spring in Belgrade with flowers popping up all around. Then the…

I really love when the daffodils explode along the roadside in spring. It's still been colder than I'd like and with unpredictable bouts of rain, but with the wet and…

With as long as I've been blogging about learning to walk, I've probably used the title "step by step" before, but I've got a bit of new insight with this…

I absolutely love hanging out with teenagers; they are great, and I learn so much from them. I'm also really blessed by the faithful saints who have lived a couple…

I made my G period class push the desks back to the wall and sit on the floor during Thursday's lesson as we read the epilogue to Ray's Read the…

Shout out to my two amazing friends who on absurdly short notice agreed to hop in the car and go on a weekend adventure with me. This weekend was BFA's…

I had a really full week with lots of meetings and emails that I can't share on the internet, but one of the moments that I can share was a…

I spent a while yesterday pondering what to post for this week, but nothing good came to mind. Rather than writing some drivel that was not worthwhile, I chose to…

"Okay, but what day does it feel like in your soul?" I asked a group of students a couple of days ago. Some of them couldn't get away from the…

My new semester of students started reading Jonah today - we finished the whole book in less than twenty minutes. It's not that long, but it's plenty exciting - especially…

Caroline gave a really beautiful message this morning reflecting on Epiphany and the magi who sought the wisdom literature of a variety of religions and discovered the coming of the…