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Mar 24, 20215 min read

Why The Role Play?

“Why this role play thing you have going now? What’s the end game?” I get asked that a lot. The question often is paired with a...

Mar 22, 20215 min read

Christian Schools?

What about Christian schools? Isn’t that a live option in terms of education choice? Sure, just like public school and homeschool are...

Mar 5, 20213 min read

Coram Deo Academy Role Play Thoughts

I just finished doing an atheist role play with senior students at Coram Deo Academy in Plano, TX, and wanted to share some reflections...

Mar 2, 202110 min read

The Game Plan, Cont'd

Let’s continue the game plan today: V) Read the books A Practical Guide To Culture by Brett Kunkle and John Stonestreet, and The...

Feb 23, 20217 min read

How To Help Your Kids Sidestep The Crazy, Part II: The Game Plan

So let’s get down to brass tacks here. What’s the game plan as a parent? Some of these are specific, while others are more general...

Feb 22, 20213 min read

How To Help Your Kids Sidestep The Crazy, Part I

Perhaps, when you read pieces like my series on patterns of student thinking I’ve noticed during my teaching career, or when you survey...

Feb 20, 20213 min read

Missing The Forest For The Trees

"...societies have categories for thinking about people and identity, and a real problem occurs when those categories are simply not...

Feb 17, 20216 min read

What Are Students Thinking? Part IX: Worldview Junk Drawer

Part IX in a series. See past installments here: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Part VIII This is the last...

Feb 16, 20217 min read

What Are Students Thinking? Part VIII: Discipled By Screens

Part VIII in a series. Read past installments here: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII Yes: you knew this was...

Feb 7, 20213 min read

What Are Students Thinking? Part VII: More Stories

Part VII in a series. Read past installments here: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Before and after units, I give...

Jan 31, 20214 min read

What Are Students Thinking? Part VI: Dogmatically Uncommitted

Part VI in a series. Read past installments: Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V The next habit of student thinking I’ve noticed in...

Jan 3, 20217 min read

What Are Students Thinking? Part III: Examples of Expressive Individualism

Part III in a series. Read part I here and part II here. Today I want to demonstrate what I outlined yesterday by telling some stories...