Enjoyment
Why do we enjoy some things and not others? I don’t know. Why do I enjoy building things, playing strategy games, and washing dishes, but don’t particularly enjoy planning out a garden, craft-making, or cooking? Why do I enjoy listening to others play guitar but struggle to find enjoyment in…
Optimism and Hope
I recently finished the book Caring for Souls in a Neoliberal Age by Bruce Rogers-Vaughn. It is aimed specifically at pastors and others in caring professions, but I would highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring the ways that neoliberal capitalism negatively affects our social, interpersonal, and psychological health…
Daily Connector | I Matter | Brent (and Issac) Miller
Being the big kids on campus, a select group of 4th graders at JC Sommer Elementary are entrusted to be “Fourth Grade Ambassadors.” It is a program in which this group has the opportunity – nay, responsibility – to serve the younger kids at school in various ways: By welcoming…
Daily Connector | What I learned during COVID | Dan Halterman
I am a “neo-Luddite,” have general reservations about each new “e-thing.” I get unhappy facing a computer change. My PC at home is 11 years old; I’ve never learned how to use a fingerswipe pad; and I’m unsure how a “tablet” differs from a “laptop” – but I’ve been told…
Daily Connector | Giving Thanks… A Native American Good Morning Message | Diane Mueller
I have been thinking about my favorite Thanksgiving themed children’s book that I had the deep privilege to share with many a primary class during my teaching years. This book, Giving Thanks, A Native American Good Morning Message, by Chief Jake Swamp, was uncovered lately while digging through my remaining…
