The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: forgiveness

  • Sitting here pondering the reconciliation of trust

    Bird Droppings June 18, 2026Sitting here pondering the reconciliation of trust I came upstairs this morning to look at my photos and write a Birddroppings. I thought back a couple of years. I was talking with my wife; she was headed to a funeral in Dublin, Georgia, for her aunt, who had just passed away.…

  • Can we ever really get forgiven? It is more than words; it is an action.

    Bird Droppings January 12, 2026Can we ever really get forgiven? It is more than words; it is an action. “Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.” St. Augustine As I grow older, I find our window in this reality is getting…

  • Forgiving is more than words; it is an action.

    Bird Droppings December 28, 2025Forgiving is more than words; it is an action. “Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art empty.” St. Augustine As I grow older, I find our window in this reality is getting smaller compared to all that has…

  • 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…