[I gave the comments that follow as part of the Signing Day Ceremony at The Westminster Schools in Atltanta, GA on February 4, 2015] Let me add my welcome to the 2015 Signing Day Ceremony and my congratulations to each of our signees today. I am honored to have the opportunity to share this moment […]
The Tenebrism of the Soul Sifted to the Surface in Four Ballads
[In the fall of 2013 I led two parts of a five Sunday Sunday School sequence at All Saints Episcopal Church in Atlanta. The theme of the talks was “Twilight: Our Complicated Relationship with Darkness.” The talks were a precursor to a visit from Barbara Brown Taylor who was about to have her book, Learning to Walk in the Dark hit the […]
Try to be a Little Kinder: A Cum Laude and National Honor Society Induction Speech
Reposting this one as I am reminded daily of its relevance in our lives and our work.
Making Places and Creating What is Next: A Cum Laude and NHS Induction Speech
Good Evening!It is a pleasure to welcome parents, friends, and most importantly, students to the Cum Laude and National Honor Society Induction Ceremony. The students here this evening have distinguished themselves in many areas of school life from the classroom to the stage and from community service to the athletic field. They have earned this […]
Learning with Abandon: 4th of July Slip-n-Slide
I love that my daughter has the ability to throw herself at an activity with abandon. She can become immersed, single-minded, absorbed.We spent the Fourth of July in Norris, TN. Only briefly in mourning because the drought conditions forced the town to postpone the fireworks, she quickly found the slip-n-slide.She went down many times, waiting […]
Student-Athlete Signing Day Talk
(I spoke at the Student Athlete Signing Day event on Wednesday at The Westminster Schools in Atlanta where 20 students or roughly ten percent of our Senior class signed on to participate in college athletics. I drifted a bit from the words I had written down in advance, but what I include here is for […]