LEAven Blog
Ministry
Give Thanks in All Circumstances
Gratitude is in the heart of the Christian educator. To share perspective, Lutheran teaching is one of the ...
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Discovering New Things
Watching children discover new items can be so much fun. The smile on their faces, the excitement in ...
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Get in the Boat
My last blog entry was a “part 1” of a multi-part series. In that entry, I approached the ...
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Finding Reasons to Say Yes
“Teacher, may I go to the bathroom?” “Can we have an extra recess?” “Could this assignment be due ...
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Emphasizing Culture for Desired Outcomes
Photos like the one pictured above evoke emotions of a realization that God is working in this child’s ...
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Proverbs 3
Last spring, my husband, Matt, and I went to a Battlehawks game and parked in a parking garage ...
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What in the World?
Not a day goes by that I am not reminded of the global village in which we live ...
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I’d Like to Ask You a Couple of Questions
Does your school have extra-curricular activities? If so, why? Maybe we don’t give intentional thought very often to ...
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Work/Life Balance
I was asked to consider writing on work/life balance for this blog post. Apparently, I was deemed worthy ...
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What is Truth?
Excuse my joining the less-than-honorable P. Pilate on the search for truth. He was an easy mark since ...
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