I WAS SEVERAL years out of my Conservative Mennonite community before I ran into the author Philip Yancey. During that confusing season, I somehow managed to join, piecemeal, an Episcopalian church, a Presbyterian church, and a … [Read more...] about Philip Yancey: The Wanderer (Part 1)
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Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 2)
Although severe, my principal modeled attention to detail — a skill I needed to survive a career To read "Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 1)," please click here. MR. VOSS WAS an object of speculation and fascination to the students and … [Read more...] about Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 2)
Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 1)
An uncompromising principal, Ken Voss was flinty, obsessive, and nobody’s friend. But his leadership changed lives. WHENEVER I MENTOR young leaders, I often reflect on the two years I spent in the sun-drenched Ohio Valley teaching in an … [Read more...] about Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 1)
Before Soul Teachers takes a summer break…
I’M ABOUT TO leave for vacation. I'm working in my office — here in the Pacific Northwest — while in the bedroom next door my wife lies sleeping. Out in the living room lie boxes, duffle bags, and coolers. We’re about to go on a one-month … [Read more...] about Before Soul Teachers takes a summer break…
Norman Maclean: “But we can still love them”
JESSIE: Why is it the people who need the most help ... won't take it? NORM: I don't know, Jess. I FIRST BEGAN writing about my family on HuffPost on October 25, 2007. My first blogs were impassioned, enraged, self-righteous. We all … [Read more...] about Norman Maclean: “But we can still love them”
“Moonlight Sonata”: Learning to Be Still
I SUSPECT EACH of us is allotted a certain amount of transcendence; those moments when the veil is thin, when the Eternal offers her hand — gloved, sublime — and draws us up to observe the dance of the cosmos through the screen of heaven. I have … [Read more...] about “Moonlight Sonata”: Learning to Be Still
