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The Illusion of Normalcy
Our world and culture seem fixated on setting a standard. Our sciences, our studies, our practices are all based on an idea we’ve labeled as “normal.” You hear it in the phrases, ‘the average household’ and, ‘the average woman’ or ‘the average man’. And it works. We can tell how much of this we’ll need,… View Article
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Let God Promote You
The story of the Tower of Babel remarkably illustrates to us the power of unity. The whole earth spoke the same language and in the same way. No accents. No dialects. No confusion. Everyone knew what the other was saying and worked seamlessly on this tower, so much that it got God’s attention. Humanity was… View Article
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Something New in 2022
We are exactly one week into 2022, and it already feels strangely similar to last year. This pandemic has seemed to drag on much longer than many of us anticipated. I think we all imagined that by this point, there would have been some sort of reprieve. All I can say is that even with the… View Article
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What Does Christmas Mean to You?
I have this fun activity I do with my elementary-aged students. Each week, at the start of the first class, I assign a creative paragraph that is always due on Friday. I have had topics on “What do you want to be when you grow up?” “Who is your favorite superhero?” “Who is someone you… View Article
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Not What I Imagined
Have you ever had an experience where you walked away telling yourself, “Well, that’s not how I imagined it going”? I would dare say we all tell ourselves this from time to time. Take for example the mindset you carry when walking into a classroom to complete what you expect to be an extremely difficult… View Article
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