At the beginning of every academic year I like to remind myself and my students that true education is a form of repentance. It is a humble admission that we've not read all that we need to read, we don't know all that we need to know, and we've not yet become all that we are called to become. Education is that unique form of discipleship that brings us to the place of admitting our inadequacies. It is that remarkable rebuke of autonomy and independence so powerful and so evident that we actually shut up and pay heed for a change.
Another Go
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A friend sent this to me today and it describes my current journey so
well. I’ve been struggling to mentally stay afloat for many months. It is
a dail...
Christmas Countdown #12: Lord-a-leaping
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Well, here we are at Christmas Day, and at the end of our countdown through
my ornament finishes from 2018 with Lord-a-leaping! What a fun journey this
was...
more church free writing / thank god for preschool
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Easter So, Easter. I’ve been blowing Lent and Easter off for a few years,
but this year (after blowing Lent off) I went to a huge service at a huge
church ...
My Year in Books
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*The year didn't start out so great. I was dredging the bottom of the
barrel of the audiobook section of my library branch, which I had
cherry-picked over ...
Fake fingernails, suffering and selfishness….
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I am under the weather a bit and decided yesterday was a good day to remove
my acrylic nails so I feel like typing now that I can with ease. I only got
the...
All Parent Blogs in One Place!
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If you are looking for all of my blog posts pertaining to therapeutic
parenting, you can locate those on my coaching site. Neat and tidy. I'll
see you over...
Felt Heart Flowers
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Find out how to make these lovely felt heart flowers at The Magic Onions
that are perfect for Valentine's Day but you'll want to keep them out all
year long.
a/c and me
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"The U.S. uses more electricity for air conditioning than Africa uses for
*everything*."
The quote comes from a Washington Post article on America's obsess...
Long Overdue Update!
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Hey y'all! It's been an entire YEAR since I last updated this blog. I can't
believe there was once a time where I blogged daily. I think Facebook has
ruine...
Mother's Day
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In their 6-9 atrium, a group of children wrote a prayer to read aloud in their church for Mother's Day.
God loves us and cares for us like a mother.
T...
Resilience
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re·sil·ience
riˈzilyəns/
*noun*
noun: *resilience*; plural noun: *resiliences*
1. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape;
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Pruning My Butterfly Bush and Me
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The dead blooms are beginning to overshadow the vibrant purple ones -again!
Didn’t I just prune this bush last week? Well, maybe it was two weeks ago.
It...
Jesus Noticing You
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The woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and
fell at his feet. Luke 8:47 She didn’t want to be noticed … She
didn’t want a...
I've moved!
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Hey readers,
I've started a new blog! Hop on over to Ponderings! I won't be blogging
here anymore, but this blog will remain up. :)
~Livvy
:: a new home ::
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It has been over a year now since I last posted on Today's Lessons, and
I've missed your company. I've finally decided to set up some new digs, and
I'd lik...
Halloween decorating
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Tonight we started decorating for Halloween. I started playing with a few
light sources and getting all creepy and such. Got some fun tones coming
through ...
4 comments:
whoa... awesome....
glad you like it k.
Have any lesson plans on forgiveness? -sis
I would just change it to say:
At the beginning of every DAY I like to remind myself....
This is an excellent quote. Thanks for sharing.
amanda
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