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John Greene

Planting the Seed

As Lutheran teachers, we should be on the lookout for those who might follow in our footsteps, with ...
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I Don’t Do New Year’s Resolutions

I don’t do New Year’s resolutions.  But I would like to present five points to contemplate as we ...
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When I Last Wrote

When I last wrote a few months ago, I told you that I was getting back into teaching ...
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A Final(?) Chapter

Over the past number of months I have chronicled my journey into and out of teaching. Today I ...
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A Few Months Ago…

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post about my 92 year old Mom who was recovering ...
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Trust and Joy

I was on an airplane last week. Takeoff went as usual. The plane gained speed. The engines got ...
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Christian Vocation

In my last post I discussed the roundabout way I got into teaching. This time, I’m going to ...
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Do You Have a Dog?

“Do you have a dog?” asked the five-year-old, red-headed boy. I never expected such a simple question from ...
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