I've been thinking a lot about the teaching/learning process. I've been thinking about how I learn and how I teach. I've been thinking about how I think, what I know, the vast amount of stuff I don't know, the things I want to learn so that I can be a better teacher, and a better … Continue reading A Quilters Heart
Category: reflections
"If I'd only known" this or that I may have responded differently to, name situation here _________________________. I recently watched an episode of a quilting show whose guest was speaking and teaching quilting however, what I learned had nothing to do with quilting. What I learned is more of a reminder than a learning something new. … Continue reading
Good and perfect gifts
God has a sense of humor. I'm sitting in my living room, watching the Yankee game, minding my own business when, "every good and perfect gift" floats through my mind. I know this verse from somewhere, memorized it a long time a go, but for the life of me can't remember chapter & verse. So, … Continue reading Good and perfect gifts
I’m a bad student
Now, some of my dear friends will probably want to whap me upside the head however, I'm going to ask you to hang with me here for a moment. Because I'm not so much a bad student as I've discovered a few things in the last few weeks that have me thinking about how I … Continue reading I’m a bad student
I’m better than you are
No, I'm not. Seriously. I'm not. Luke Chapter 10: The Parable of the Good Samaritan: But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off … Continue reading I’m better than you are
Squandering Creativity
I attended Mass away from home this week but the beautiful thing is that no matter where I am the readings are just the same. While the readings are the same, the preaching is different. In a way it's kind of refreshing to hear a different voice as I will tune in differently. This Priest … Continue reading Squandering Creativity
If you wanna be great
So, in the spirit of waking up with a song in my head, and never doing anything the way "normal" people do - this morning there were two. Yes, two, and they were competing for space in a way that I find rather telling, and amusing. The first: Royals by Lorde The second: If you … Continue reading If you wanna be great
Pearls
Okay, these are stones and a shell not pearls. These stones have value to me, much in the same way a pearl would to others. I pick up stones along the way as reminders of a place, a moment, a memory. A couple weeks ago my sweetie and I went to the beach, put our … Continue reading Pearls
Making Room
As fearful people we are inclined to develop a mind-set that makes us say: "There's not enough food for everyone, so I better be sure I save enough for myself in case of emergency," or "There's not enough knowledge for everyone to enjoy; so I'd better keep my knowledge to myself, so no one else … Continue reading Making Room
Self-ish?
There is sometimes that niggling feeling in the back of my brain. This niggling leads to thoughts. The thoughts lead to...oh dear you know where this is going. I've been thinking about this for a while, pondering it's meaning on this part of my journey. For months now there has been a song, by an … Continue reading Self-ish?
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