Saint Hewett

I was chatting with one of my first students from BFA and her fiancé, and Alyssa reminisced about the first week of class with me as her ...

I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how during his visit in July Seth and I decided to get matching shield tattoos and how I'd also read ...

This week at our all staff conference, Michele Phoenix (yes, the Michele Phoenix) shared an encouraging video about serving young people ...

I cut my hair off on Monday. Like, a lot of it. I chopped nearly a foot off in a braid, and my housemate took clippers to the rest. After...

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

I can't remember if I mentioned publicly about my monthly commitment to read Isaiah this year. This month, I'm choosing one verse each ch...

This week had some low lows for me. I cried in front of two coworkers on separate occasions Thursday morning just before I taught my firs...

As people asked me about how work and life are going this week, I usually answered honestly that there have been several highs and lows. ...

Nobody's perfect, but occasionally I've discovered I'm capable of teaching students useful things. My TA recently told me that she learns...

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 love broccoli. I think it's delicious, and we should stop hating on all the tasty veggies out there. Vegetables can taste wonderful, b...

Last year I wrote a post about how I was living in an apparent utopia, and I drew some comparisons to LeGuin's short story "The Ones Who ...

Helen started this morning's lesson in church by asking the congregation what some of the biggest gifts they've ever received were. Some ...

You know how I said last week was rough? Well, I got sick this week, and it's still been rough. Don't worry, I already use essential oils...

I love good stories - short ones with a witty punch at the end, long ones with clever twists and satisfying endings after rising action. ...