The daily meanderings of a teacher

Tag: jesus

  • Over the years, I have found that religion is what you make of it.

    Bird Droppings July 9, 2026 Over the years, I have found that religion is what you make of it. “A poor devotee points to the sky and says, ‘God is up there.’ An average devotee says, ‘God dwells in the heart as the Inner Master.’ The best devotee says, ‘God alone is, and everything I…

  • How capable do we need to be? Should the truth be more valid than a lie? An idea inspired by a student.

    Bird droppings June 30, 2026 How capable do we need to be? Should the truth be more valid than a lie? An idea inspired by a student. Two years ago, I listened to each of the debates and came away feeling that we could have gotten better candidates at this point. One of the debaters…

  • How do we know we are grown up?

    Bird Droppings June 29, 2026 How do we know we are grown up? I will hopefully finally be getting my old school stuff sorted through. Boxes gathered through the years of teaching and training. I will be trying to get the massive piles of boxes organized and cleaned up. I spent nearly twenty-five years teaching…

  • 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.…

  • Cultivating the inner self

    Bird Droppings June 16, 2026Cultivating 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…

  • Walking and listening among the Cotton Woods

    Bird Droppings June 8. 2026 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.…

  • Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard.

    Bird Droppings June 7, 2026Should we be kissing frogs on a chilly, wet morning? Granted, it could be a poison arrow dart frog, and regardless, it is still hard. It has been on the chilly side here in northeast Georgia over the past few days, with nighttime temperatures hanging in the low sixties. However, the…

  • Why do we wish, wonder, and wait?

    Bird Droppings May 22, 2026 Why do we wish, wonder, and wait? “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” William Davenant It has been 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 for…

  • Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be?

    Bird Droppings April 15, 2025Is the curriculum sacred or simply someone’s idea of what it should be? My wife and I are talking about taking a few days’ hiatus to head to the South Carolina coast with no schedule and little baggage—just a spur-of-the-moment trip. I was thinking back to our last crazy trip, which…

  • How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising?

    Bird Droppings April 7, 2026How do we know on a cloudy day whether the moon is setting or the sun rising? I left the house relatively early to get pictures of the moon, and since I have been home today, I have been working on writing several responses to reflection posts in my graduate class.…