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Discipline and Respect in the Classroom
CCD evenings are tubulent and fast-paced. At 4:30 the first round of students trample through the double doors. Sweet-cheeked, eager faces; some talking to themselves, others seeking to make eye-contact with the first adult they see and lasso you into all the many details of their day. The hour passes so fast and they are [...]
Pitchers 10: Physical Access
Trust me, he’s sick or naked or hungry or something bad Partial board from the Feb 15, 2012 class, which covered the Parable of the Wedding Feast (Matt 22), the Judgement of the Nations (Matt 25) and the Last Supper (Matt 26+). I was running out of space by the time we got to [...]
Welcome Home! The Parable of the Prodigal Son
A long time ago, in a faraway land, there lived a man who had two sons. The older son was hardworking and loyal, and he helped his father take care of the daily chores that needed to be done. The younger son was very lazy, and he spent his days just lying around, watching [...]
Yoga, It Stretches the Bounds of Belief.
I did not want to write about yoga. Yoga is controversial. Lately I feel this need to avoid controversy. Apparently God has other plans for me since recently no less than five people asked me to write about yoga. So here we go, yoga. Yoga is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning union. It is [...]
Amazing Catechists Among Women
Making a connection. Telling a story. Being a witness. That’s what amazing catechists do. As translators of the truth they seek to give away what they possess because it was so freely passed onto them. Doing that through a podcast is a very low-cost, effective way of evangelizing and catechizing in the digital age. Over [...]
“Icky and Cece and the Mysterious Mr. Thuan”
Review by Claire Young Icky and CeCe and the Mysterious Mr. Thuan by Donna Piscatelli, is a fun story that sees best friends and new sixth graders, Isaac Babcock and Cecelia Manning, through their first year at Crossroads Middle. This new school year is sure to be interesting. CeCe campaigns for respect for their [...]
