Archive for January, 2005

Pedagogy

Monday, January 31st, 2005

I’ve been musing a bit lately on my preferences for learning. Having taught for so many years I always considered this question from the other side of the desk–what is the best way to teach (communicate) the topic at hand (usually some area of science). But now I’m beginning to think that I am becoming [...]

Community

Tuesday, January 25th, 2005

I find it ironic that we sometimes chafe at giving up our privacy and individual preferences to develop community with our brothers and sisters in Christ but seem to be able to accept the inadvertant community that occurs between complete strangers who are thrown together in an apartment building.
When we were first married Mark [...]

Still Studying

Thursday, January 20th, 2005

This is a quick post in response to everyone wondering if I dropped off the face of the earth.
No I haven’t… I’m just dutifully studying. As soon as Winter Hebrew is finished I will catch up.
In the meantime, enjoy the Christmas picture of the grandkids (sporting their penguin adorned gifts from Ammë).

The Goodness of God

Tuesday, January 4th, 2005

At a time of year when we typically recall the happenings of the previous year we often hear or read of lists of blessings followed by the words “The Lord has been good this year!”
Because the past year has been full of difficult times for many of my friends, and because there continues to be [...]