Archive for February, 2007

Lily Conference on Teaching and Reflection

I wrote this Sunday night on the inside cover of my crossword puzzle book while languishing in the Atlanta airport: So, here I am in the Atlanta airport returning from three exhilarating and rewarding days at the Lily-South conference on college teaching in Greensboro, North Carolina. And, that’s an understatement. It’s 9 p.m. The place [...]

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Spirituality in Teaching

Susan and I have just returned from a day trip of grand-daughter spoiling in Nashville. I’m getting myself into the meditative mood for presenting two inter-related sessions at the Lilly-South conference on preventing faculty burnout and creating a motivating classroom. Everyone wants handouts. So, I’ve been printing off a bunch of my stuff that I [...]

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I’ll Tell Him

 This morning I received a message. It started with the profound, “Still Clean!! 496 Days!!! 3.6 last semester!! Only you would have thought at first. Now I do also!! What color is your pinky nail today?” It went on: ….I remember you saying that facing death from cancer placed you closest to facing life and [...]

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