When a Bishop Becomes a Media Sensation
When Saturday Night Live impersonates you for “World News Tonight,” you know you’re a media sensation. Such was the case for Presiding Bishop Michael Curry this past weekend.... Read More »
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The Little Way
These last few weeks in most of our communities will stretch us in two directions: we will be weary, worn, and tired, but simultaneously inspired, energized, and touched by the multitude of... Read More »
Sacred Flames
A few nights ago, I entered Belmont Chapel at St. Mark's School in Southborough to light candles for an evening chapel service. A group of theater students were in the chapel rehearsing a performance that they were going to be giving that night. One of the theater students — a tall, wiry kid with the energy of a thousand suns — immediately dropped character and asked if he could help. Read More »
Lessons Learned From Debating Biblical Texts
With a growing need to find ways in our society to have thoughtful and respectful conversations about difficult issues, I look right to our middle school students for inspiration and some guiding... Read More »
Restoring the Covenant
I was privileged recently to hear Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks speak at Trinity School here in New York. The former Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, Sacks is a major thought-leader who speaks and writes about religion, ethics, and society. Read More »
What’s Next?
Last month, I announced to my school community that I would retire at the end of the 2018-19 academic year. Articulating this long-anticipated intention in public fashion elicited a range of... Read More »
What We Can Learn from One Great Ski Team
Each Olympics abounds with stories of individual triumph, fierce determination, and voracious wills to succeed. And then I read about the hugely successful Norwegian men’s Alpine team, a small... Read More »
The Challenge of a Big Tent
I have never been so happy to be head of an Episcopal School. Our school, in the tradition of Episcopal Schools, articulates that tradition through three key ideas: inquiry, the basis of our program;... Read More »
Knowing God; Knowing Ourselves
I have been in education for over 30 years. I’ve been fortunate because I have worked with great students and wonderful colleagues: ambitious, caring, grateful, and generous. To give you an... Read More »
Lessons from the Historic Saint James
Saint James School in St. James, Maryland, is celebrating its 175th Anniversary. It is a model Episcopal boarding school operating at full capacity. Though the school located sixty-five minutes... Read More »