Monthly Archives: August 2019

I like English collective nouns and find many of them to be interesting or even amusing. Even the common ones like herd of cattle, school of fish, pack of wolves, flock of birds, covey of quail, or pod of whales … Continue reading →

All through the ages and pages of history humanity has been on a quest toward faith. We all possess the same basic ingredients that “program” us in living morally and ethically. None of us are born fantasizing about how to … Continue reading →

“In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Proverbs 3:6 These words of wisdom appear on the August page of my desk calendar. I’ll be seeing them every day this month. I thought it was worth … Continue reading →

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs were creations of Walt Disney. Can you name the Dwarfs? Bashful, Sneezy, Sleepy, Dopey, Happy, Doc and Grumpy. Speaking for myself, I believe I would struggle to be around Grumpy all the time. Have … Continue reading →

Twenty-nine precious little faces with hands folded on top of their desks sat waiting for me. Hair was combed. Shirts were tucked in. New shoes weren’t even scuffed yet. They were waiting for me, a new teacher, to begin teaching … Continue reading →

Traveling along I-95 at about 70 MPH, I am distracted by a large billboard which asks, “Are you ready to meet Jesus?” “Hmmm,” says I, “Am I?” Of course, being distracted on that awful road is not a good thing. … Continue reading →

Today we celebrate Mary, Mother of our Lord. Martin Luther wrote in his devotional on The Magnificat: “The tender mother of Christ . . . teaches us, with her words and by the example of her experience, how to know, … Continue reading →

Originally posted in June of 2018 A few years ago the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics was giving out buttons saying “Mathematics Is a Verb.” The button struck a chord with me, since as a math teacher I’d seen … Continue reading →

Originally posted on August 6, 2018  God’s timing is God’s timing. Ours is not. As I write this, the truth of God’s immaculate timing has struck home, again! On the very morning that I write this, I awoke with much … Continue reading →

I confess I adapted this from a blog which I wrote last August. Do you remember picking up your phone and hearing the familiar words of the operator, “Number please?” You gave the number and you were connected. Even a … Continue reading →