Perhaps it was no coincidence that, as Holy Week approached, David Brooks’ April 8 Op-Ed piece “What Suffering Does” immediately shot to the top of the New York Times’... Read More »

I recently received an inquiry from a school (not an Episcopal school, I should add!) regarding an opening the school has for a chaplaincy position. Like many such inquiries, this one was fueled by... Read More »

Like many aspects of a school chaplain’s day, the students and teachers see us at our best and at our worst. With all our limitations and quirks, and hopefully in our steady presence and caring... Read More »

The following comments are taken from a keynote address at the 1st Annual St. James Forum, “Episcopal Schools: Touching Hearts, Empowering Lives” held on February 22 at St. James School... Read More »

I seem to harbor a fascination with the words and metaphors we use so frequently in our contemporary discourse. For example, within the context of a three minute conversation on a local National... Read More »

Grit. Mindfulness. Character Education. Conversations about the importance of cultivating personal “intangibles” and moral agency are all over the edu-sphere these days, particularly... Read More »

It’s just over a year since the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. With the killing of over twenty young children and teachers, it seemed that, at last,... Read More »

The December 28th edition of the New York Times carried a fascinating article about how the manner in which President Obama celebrated Christmas this year reflects some of the larger trends to be... Read More »

The New York Times is running a powerful four-part series called “Invisible Child.” It offers an in-depth profile of Dasani, a middle school girl who lives in a Brooklyn family shelter.... Read More »

One of the hottest videos flying around Facebook and the twitter-sphere is a two-minute promotional video for a new line of girl-friendly building toys called GoldieBlox. It’s been tweeted by... Read More »