I’m Swedish. A smorgasbord of thinking seems appropriate this morning. “Administration is providing the resources to help everyone else do their work.”  I made that up a couple weeks ago to describe what those of us who are administrators do. We serve others who are doing. And yet, if we get distracted into thinking that […]

(A repost from December 27, 2011) We struggle with goals. We read that telling people your goals is dangerous. It can give you the buzz of affirmation without having to do the hard work. Having goals is fine. But keep them to yourself. But this isn’t a story about goals. This is about a walk […]

Miss Mooney and Miss Simpkin were junior high teachers at Jay Stream Junior High. Miss Mooney taught math. Miss Simpkin taught English and oversaw the yearbook. Both taught me. Both were also nuns, teaching in public school. Three decades later, I worked at the University of Saint Francis. My boss was a nun, a sister, […]

I write 300 words a day about following Jesus because I love having people say, “I never thought about it that way.” And I love that most when they say that about God and about his letters to us. The Bible is a remarkable collection of commmunications and if I commit to talk about it, […]