Saint Hewett

One of the highlights of teaching is when I get to learn from my students. I'm so proud of these resilient, curious, thoughtful young...

Once upon a time, I was a cynical jerk face. I'm in progress, but I'm a lot better than a used to be. A lot of my formation into a more...

My proprioception is shot. Nerve damage sucks. It means my balance is all out of wack - particularly if I can’t see where my legs are....

I love the movie Meet the Robinsons for a lot of reasons, but this scene where Lewis fails and the whole family is cheering for him is...

Years ago several of my students were struggling with feelings of helplessness and hopelessness. They found solace making a joke about...

Listening to this podcast is a better use of your time than my blog; come back here for commentary on this episode:...

Dr. Schaak used to always tell our literature classes at Multnomah, "The goal of literature is empathy." I told my students that in our...

My TA was getting some addresses for me this week and writing them on envelopes I hoped to have sent out months ago. Yesterday, I also...

Earlier this week a teacher friend of mine in America was telling me a student recently asked her, "Do you even know who TobyMac is?" And...

I skipped church today. I've posted the last two weeks about feeling under the weather, and my body has finally been sleeping through the...

We have a few beautiful traditions during the opening ceremonies at BFA, and I love being a part of the staff procession before the...

Have you ever read Thomas More's Utopia? It's terrible. I mean, no way it could work, but if it did, life there would be horribly bland....