A Classroom has a Soul
When I was in seminary, I had planned my master’s thesis around the title “Psyche and Spirit in the Classroom.” I see now that this was a skew...
Category: Theology
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Sonar the Sheepdog and Toad the Terror take a personality test!
It’s summer vacation, so it’s time to think about…personality tests! I was speaking with a colleague a few weeks ago about our Myers Briggs ty...
Confronting Whiteness with White Students
In January of 2020, I co-facilitated a two-day workshop on whiteness, race, and racism with a group of white high school students. I had designed the workshop w...
The Math Koan, or: Zen Problem Solving
I wrote an article that the good people at Lion’s Roar published. You can find it here!
Our Aeonic Fire
Book of Serenity #30: Dasui’s Aeonic Fire A monk asked Dasui, “When the fire at the end of an aeon rages through and the whole universe is destroyed...
Living close to my own life
Book of Serenity #20: Dizang’s Nearness Dizang asked Fayan, “Where are you going?” Fayan said, “Around on pilgrimage.” Dizang said...
Paul made me a Buddhist
I was reading about the apostle Paul over the holiday, and thinking of his participation in a turning point in my life. Early in my Buddhist practice I was volu...
Teaching and Skillful Means
The end of the school year is the best time to think about the next school year, since obviously I’ve got nothing else going on. I’m working on a fe...
Math, in search of meaning
What does math mean? And what should it mean for my students? The answer to both these questions is up for grabs and not initially apparent. It requires an inte...
Theological values in secular math education
Before continuing to look at math education in the light of, on one hand, a drastically uncertain future, and on the other, values inherent in that work that we...