Mèsi Haiti!
Late last Sunday, I arrived home from a six-day trek to Haiti. Gratitude knows no boundaries when it comes to my Haitian experiences. Resilient and hospitable are the Haitian people. The children are... Read More »
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Religious Groups at School: The Challenge of Hospitality and Encouragement
For many of our schools, the question of allowing and encouraging particular religious groups to meet on school grounds, in or around the regular school schedule, is a daunting one. Where does a... Read More »
Side Dish or Marinade?
During November’s NAES webinar on the Episcopal school trustee, the Rev. Peter Cheney* talked about each trustee’s responsibility to understand, care take, and be an ambassador for the... Read More »
You Can’t Teach Who You Don’t Know
“They say you can’t teach what you don’t know,” quipped Dr. Gess LeBlanc, a professor at Hunter College School of Education in New York City. “But the truth is, you... Read More »
Matters Episcopal
I write to you from the meeting of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church being held in Salt Lake City, October 21-24, 2011. As you might know, the Executive Council is the Episcopal... Read More »
In Praise of the Impractical
Steve Jobs died last week at age 55. One of the best reflections on the life of this visionary who defied conventional wisdom is in his own words: a 2005 commencement address given at Stanford... Read More »
The Beauty of Blessings
Kids love blessings. So do parents and teachers. At my school, even the most jaded eighth grader never failed to come forward to receive the birthday blessing offered in chapel. I never saw a... Read More »
Looking Back at the Anniversary
No matter how many times I have done it, it always feels strange to be flying on September 11th, and this year—with the tenth anniversary and all of the accompanying attention to it—it... Read More »
An Unabashed Community
One of the pleasures of my job is reading publications from Episcopal schools. One such piece came across my desk the other day. It was the text of a talk by a recent college graduate who had... Read More »
Speaking of Faith
For the past two years, each fall the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) has sent each member school a publication designed to prompt discussion about our mission and ministry as... Read More »