The Well is Dry
Contributor: Arlene Birt | File type : Blog Post
This is the first time I can remember that I've felt like maybe I can't go on, maybe I won't make it, and I'm not sure I want to try!I don’t know what else to do with some of these students... Read More
Who Teaches Whom?
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
Students make great teachers.Watching students often enables me to make connections between real life and specific Scriptures I am pondering. Today was such a time. In Sunday School we stu... Read More
Snapshots from My Classroom
Contributor: Arlene Birt | File type : Blog Post
Capturing a specific moment in time, painting a picture with words, a descriptive word picture—these are some ideas of a snapshot. I think of a snapshot as a photograph. I take a picture of a ... Read More
A Gift Received
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
In church this morning, our deacon preached on the fallacy of basing our identity on things that can be taken away and stressed the need to place our identity in Christ alone. Immediately, my mi... Read More
Why I Teach
Contributor: John Mark Kuhns | File type : Blog Post
In the middle of the school year, it can be good for us to step back and think about why we teach.Early in my teaching career, a friend asked me why I teach. I described the feeling of satisfa... Read More
Twisted Fairness
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
Who of us hasn’t dealt with the “it’s not fair” syndrome? I mean personally, not just hearing from students.I was thinking of this recently when I got bit by the bug – again. It ... Read More
Moments of Grace, Part 1
Contributor: Ruth Anna Kuhns | File type : Blog Post
Seventeen energetic children entered my classroom door on the first day of school. Bright-eyed. Eager.I smiled. Only five new students this year. Settling into a routine should be quic... Read More
God-Ideas
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
I love when ideas simply present themselves, almost without my conscious thought. In fact, I have noticed that when I become fixated on solving a problem, spending lots of time and energy trying t... Read More
Teachable Moments
Contributor: Betty Yoder | File type : Blog Post
Years ago, a wise teacher offered me invaluable advice. When I bemoaned my failures in the classroom, my impatience, and my inability to portray God as the perfect authority, he clearly understo... Read More
What is the Ideal Teacher?
Contributor: Arlene Birt | File type : Blog Post
First graders have interesting answers to this question:
What is an ideal teacher?
I had to first explain what ideal means. We discussed ideal as meaning the very best.So, what makes the very be... Read More
