Category: Education
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How You are Remembered
Written by Patrick Kiernan // As my year of teaching overseas in Ghana comes to an end, I have been thinking a lot about how my students and coworkers will remember me. Looking back on my own middle school days, there are very few class lessons that I can actually remember. Now that I am…
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City to Small Town
Written by Rosemarie Johnston // This morning the 360 sunrise and birds chirping woke me up before my alarm set at 6:30 am for the school day. Often, I’m still shocked at this peaceful setting and this unexpected place in which I’ve come to live. As a little girl, I dreamed about living in the…
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Giving What They Need
Written by Lindsay Robinson // Micah 6:8 says, “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” As a person of faith, this Bible verse says my calling (or obligation) as a…
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For the Least of These
Written by Aaron Rapp // Eden was different, but I couldn’t imagine life without her—much less remember it. Some of my first memories involved going to a “mommy and me” sign language class, when Eden, my baby sister, had just been diagnosed with Trisomy 21 (or Down Syndrome). As Down Syndrome affects auditory learning much…
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Theme Overview: How Education Transforms
How does the work of education allow us to practice justice? Most of us know the nuts and bolts of the educational system — tests, desks, pencils, and locker rooms. For the teachers who have spoken into this conversation, however, school is primarily a community filled with people who challenge us. Each of these writers…
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