I work with a variety of young people in a variety of settings. Today in a class in one of those settings, and on impulse, I told the class I wanted to take the temperature of the group. I said,…
Dear whoever you are:
Dear Whoever You Are, Who Gave Me an Anonymous Gift Ten Years Ago: As you know, back in 2012, during the national economic Great Recession — and what was to be found to be the localized Great Coverup of the…
Antidisestablishmentarianism is attempting a coup: Don’t laugh
I first heard the word “antidisestablishmentarianism” while competing in the spelling bee in my fourth grade class at Decatur (Texas) Elementary School. Our teacher, Mrs. Doyle, touted it then as the longest word in the English language, defined as those…
Why I refused to sign a school’s belief statement just to get a job
My second private university job in two years was in jeopardy. I had transitioned from pastor to Christian university professor just at the outset of the Great Recession and was one of the low people on the totem pole at…