Few books have had such an impact on me as the one I recently completed, Kenda Creasy Dean’s Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers Is Telling the American Church. It is her... Read More »

The “busy-ness” of the year always ratchets up too quickly. It seems that just yesterday we were sharing summer stories and wondering aloud about the year ahead. By the end of September,... Read More »

I am a leader of an Episcopal school because I know its Episcopal identity nourishes our children’s minds and enriches their lives in and out of school. Maintaining and strengthening that... Read More »

Thanks to information supplied from PayScale.com, we have the dubious news of the top-ten worst paying college degrees. They are, in descending order: 10. Drama 9. Fine arts 8. Hospitality and... Read More »

Earlier this summer I found myself engaged in an online discussion about the future of teaching, the question posed as follows: will those schools that do not adapt to the new reality of the internet... Read More »

What do Anne Hutchinson, Thurgood Marshall, and John Muir all have in common? They are all honored in Holy Women, Holy Men: Celebrating the Saints. This new volume includes all the saints previously... Read More »

For the past few weeks I have been privileged to be teaching in the Doctor of Ministry Program in Educational Leadership at Virginia Theological Seminary. As is always the case with teaching, the... Read More »

I took a group of high school students to the Holocaust Museum. I rehearsed responses to what I suspected would be their questions. Of course no words are adequate to “respond” to the... Read More »

Religion in American life, and in our neighborhoods, continues to be a complex proposition. I live in New York City, a place that typically prides itself on the variety of nationalities, races,... Read More »

If you want to know what is important to a child, just listen to his or her prayers. At least that is the case during our weekly community Eucharist shared by students and faculty in Grades... Read More »