The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: bible

  • We need LOVE

    Bird Droppings March 3, 2025We need LOVE Sometimes we so easily use the word love. It gets used daily by many folks, yet do we truly have any conception of what we speak. I was just in a conversation, and the word love came up, and I responded that we each have our understanding and…

  • Reconciliation of trust

    Bird Droppings January 20, 2025Reconciliation of trust I came upstairs to look at my photos this morning and to write a morning Birddroppings. I thought back a couple of years to get sidetracked talking with my wife; she was headed to a funeral in Dublin, Georgia, for her aunt, who had just passed away. Her…

  • The fragility and power of life

    Bird Droppings January 16, 2025 The fragility and power of life I was awakened early with a vivid dream this morning. I am also getting old and need to take a potty break. Hearing what the rain and a teenager, I assume tearing out of our subdivision about two in the morning, also did not…

  • Bird Droppings January 10, 2025 Caregiving and or being cared for, we need both? “To care and be cared for are fundamental human needs. We all need to be cared for by other human beings. In infancy, illness, or old age, the need is urgent and pervasive; we need caregiving, and we need the special…

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning

    Bird Droppings January 9, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box in terms of learning I was thinking back to nearly twenty years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments.…

  • Mountains offer a clearer view.

    Bird Droppings December 21, 2024Mountains offer a clearer view. “I have a pretty fair education, but I would hate to be turned loose in these mountains right now and be told to put food in my belly, clothing on my body, shelter over my head, and provide protection from my enemies, both two-footed and four-footed…

  • Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box

    Bird Droppings December 15, 2024 Sailing off the edge and or thinking out of the box I was thinking back to nearly fifteen years when history was made, as a new president was sworn in, and one of my students came into class and asked to start working on his assignments. I did not beg…

  • Bird Droppings December 11, 2024 Venting a bit on a Wednesday Morning I was slack with my daily photography and journaling the past week. I have missed a few days with doctor appointments and rain. Yesterday, I read several alarming posts on friends’ pages on Facebook and internet news sites. I followed links, and they…

  • Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time

    Bird Droppings December 2, 2024 Waiting for a miracle on some occasions can take some time I wrote this piece nearly twenty years ago, and it still has a place in my heart. Miracle is a word used often by people of faith. It is an explanation for things that happen with no apparent cause…

  • Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor

    Bird Droppings October 24, 2024Searching for integrity or is it a useless endeavor “Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not…