The scene with the Herdman’s ham. I don’t know why it was that scene that really got me, but it did. It was originally a gift to the Herdman family, who rewrote the Nativity narrative just slightly to include it. They didn’t feel like gold, frankincense, and myrrh were appropriate […]
Category: Values
Kitchen Sink Post: Classroom Management, Negative Consequences, and Tough Love
I used to work for some folks who cringed at the word “negative consequences.” They worked only from the positive discipline side of things. Positive discipline works – sometimes. At other times, using only positive discipline sets us up to be butlers to our children (Maher…please ignore his last line). […]
Duck Dynasty: Folks, don’t be afraid if your life doesn’t fit the mold….
Yesterday, I was listening to a Podcast with Tucker Carlson and Willie Robertson. Willie was talking about his dad. In the process of listening to Willie, I remembered how much I really like that show. Phil Robertson had everything in front of him when he was young. A great athlete, […]
May Our Lives Have Flavor
Matthew 5: 13-16 13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. 14 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a […]
The Stuff That Works, The Stuff That Holds Up
Pinned: I wrote this as one of my first articles in November of 2024. I am gonna pin this bad boy to the top of the blog. Still rings true. Stuff that works, stuff that holds upThe kind of stuff you don’t hang on the wallStuff that’s real, stuff you […]
VOTE!!!!
If you are a conservative, get our there and vote. Know your candidates. Research them. Look at their voting record and the decisions they have made. Then, vote. Tired of your tax dollars leaving your neighborhoods for someone else’s projects? Vote. Tired of geopolitical chaos? Vote. Tired of educational bureaucrats […]
The Persecution of Christians Within the Teaching Profession
I wish I could say that this doesn’t happen. It does. It happens nationally. It happens at the state level. It happens in Kingsport. It happens far, far too often. Persecution for being a believer, for speaking up, and for doing the right thing is going to cause you problems […]
Surround Yourself w/ Good Counsel
You are who you surround yourself with. Parents teach their children this. Wise children listen. We talked yesterday about the pitfalls of “group think.” Conversely today, the discussion will revolve around who we need to surround ourselves with. Hint: It isn’t the group think crowd. wise counsel: having or showing […]
We cannot quantify our lives with a number….
I have grown to really dislike benchmark testing. At its root purpose, it just seems wrong. Believe me, I know all of the reasons why it is in vogue. I have “lived it” both as a parent and teacher, and grow more uncomfortable with the process with each passing day. […]
Barbecue Sauce
I love Ted Lasso, and I love what Ted Lasso stands for. He self proclaims that he was been underestimated for his entire life. He says to, “Be curious, not judgemental.” It is a quote by (not) Walt Whitman. Take a second and watch this clip. The writing is awesome. […]