The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: christianity

  • Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods

    Bird Droppings September 10. 2025 Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods I walked outside earlier, as I do many mornings, listening, observing, trying to understand this reality I am walking about within. The sky was brilliant this morning, with a slight haze settling over the lake and the cornfield and a few visible clouds.…

  • We are only a small part of all that is.

    Bird Droppings August 15, 2025 We are only a small part of all that is. It is often very difficult for some to accept being simply a part of and not the central focus of life around them. I was watching the beginning of the movie Seven Pounds, and in the first scene or two,…

  • Sometimes, simply setting the example is the best teacher.

    Bird Droppings August 14, 2025Sometimes, simply setting the example is the best teacher. It has been an interesting week. I did my usual, chasing sunrises and looking for deer and other creatures. I spent a good bit of the mornings taking advantage of the wet, dreary weather and poor light and getting some rather interesting…

  • Why do we wish, wonder, and wait?

    Bird Droppings July 9, 2025 Why do we wish, wonder, and wait? “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been nearly twenty years since we moved in and found ourselves in this house.  I wasn’t sure where to start. Several ideas have been running through my mind…

  • How capable do we need to be?

    Bird Droppings July 8, 2025 How capable do we need to be? What a contrast to only a few weeks ago, as the sun was hiding, I went out in the wee hours with a hazy sky. A gentle wind blew, wind chimes ringing peacefully, and frogs chirping in the pines and oak trees. I…

  • How do we know we have grown up?

    Bird Droppings June 27, 2025How do we know we have grown up? “The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.” Alden Nowlan Earlier this week, a former student posted a simple line…

  • Should we be pondering the idea of faith?

    Bird Droppings June 9, 2015Should we be pondering the idea of faith? I have been indirectly involved in several discussions lately involving the word faith. So I did a bit of research and thinking. “Modern technology advanced in such tiny increments for so long that we never realized how much our world was being altered,…

  • Cultivating the inner self

    Bird Droppings May 22, 2025Cultivating the inner self “If people find no room in their lives to pray or to meditate, to reflect deeply on why they have been created and what they must do with their lives, and to listen with all of their being to the guidance of the universe, then these people…

  • Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), or is it gone now

    Bird Droppings May 7, 2025Searching for a flower, the butterfly pea (Clitoria marina), or is it gone now Interestingly, I had two thoughts earlier in the week as I started the day that made me think of them. One I heard on the radio was that I was going to get some gas in my…

  • Occasionally, we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke, perhaps before it is too late

    Bird Droppings April 8, 2025Occasionally, we need to learn again about the Rock and the Smoke, perhaps before it is too late Thinking back to my biology teaching days, high school students always ask questions about religion as we get into evolution. Occasionally, I get someone who wants to prove a point. A young lady…