Recent Blog Posts
Help Me Help Them
post a comment | posted Apr 26
For the past month I have found myself incredibly frustrated about the situation in Zimbabwe. This crisis involves a zealous president who refuses to lose... and I mean refuses. Anyway, I'm frustrated that this is playing out the way it is and I ...
Journal Entries 3/31-4/9
post a comment | posted Apr 11
More snippets from my students' morning journals.
Journal Entries - 3/24-28
post a comment | posted Mar 29
A peek into the my student's morning journal entries. Spelling, punctuation, grammar, etc. is their own.
Not-So-Recent Blog Posts
Keepin' You Up-to-Date
1 comment | posted Feb 24
From my newsletter...
Dear Friends and Family,
Grace and peace to you this cold February evening.
We had our first snow day (sort of) on Friday! It snowed all night and continued to snow through the morning. I awoke anxiously at 3:30 in...
Making a Statement
post a comment | posted Feb 22
The city of Philadelphia has a new mayor, Michael Nutter. The School Dist. of Phila has a new CEO, Dr. Arlene Ackerman (appointed earlier this week). They decided to make a statement today. The private schools in the city were closed today. All...
She's Gone Home
post a comment | posted Feb 12
To everyone who has been praying for Pastor Amy Stockstill - thank you. Please read the following message from Pastor Joel:
"With both sadness and joy I regret to inform all of you that tonight February 11 at 9:40 pm my lovely wife Amy went to ...
PRAY
post a comment | posted Feb 7
People of prayer -
Please call out on the name of Jesus to heal Amy Stockstill. She is from Bethany World Prayer Center, wife of Pastor Joel Stockstill.
While the doctors have predicted only a few hours or days to live, I know that God is HU...
Warm Note on a Cold Day
2 comments | posted Jan 21
From my email newsletter...
Grace and peace to you. If you're a follower of the happenings in Christian pop culture (yes, while Christians were called to be in the world we have in many ways created our own... not to leave my point...), you hav...
Tired
post a comment | posted Jan 14
My head is pounding. I'm ready for a break. So much so, in fact, that I took tomorrow off. Working for a charter school, a lot of things are fuzzy - such as sick days and personal days. We don't technically have any, it's at the administration'...
Relatively Short & Random
1 comment | posted Jan 8
I'm back in Philadelphia now, trying to settle back in. The initial return was pretty hard emotionally but I'm pretty much over that now. I really want to love and enjoy Philly while I'm here - this is a once in a lifetime opportunity - but I'm j...