I posted this when I was randomly posting onto the blog last year. I think it might be a good jumping off point in my attempt to start wrestling with matters of the Gospel and public school teaching integration. Also, this is my first day as a long-term substitute teacher. I am going to take a break from the blog for a bit (hopefully for about a month or so but it might be until June) so I can more fully focus on the task at hand - my new classroom!! I have been waiting for this day for a long time. By the end of my job (the last day of school in June) I am sure I will have a few more thoughts on how to integrate faith and work in the classroom. But for now I have questions and need inspiration... We spend the majority of our lives in our professions. How does our faith play a part in all of that? I think this insight below gives us a glimpse.
2:15 - 2:37
"I have been thinking about you all summer. I love you already. You may not believe this but you can't earn my love. You could make straight A's all year and have perfect behavior all year or you can get detention 3 times a week and I am going to love you the same... And then I spend all year trying to prove it."
What does this look like in the classroom? Is this in fact feasible in reality? What specifically can we do to reshape our hearts to start working toward this aim? What are the obstacles that we must face in order to accomplish this aim?
I guess I will be trying to answer those questions in reality rather then theorizing on this blog... God help me!
See you on the flip side internet!
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I like the idea behind this blog, and your "wrestling." How's the teaching going? Will you be coming back here?
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