Wisdom, Virtue, and Compassion: The Cardinal Tenets of Odyssey Leadership Academy
**As you know, I am in the midst of starting a school–Odyssey Leadership Academy–that will open in Oklahoma City in …
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Schooling, Education and the Shivering Self
One of my favorite writers in the field of education, Alfie Kohn, asks a very important question in the title …
The Beauty of Discipline
There is a phrase floating around now that sums up the basic tenets of modern culture: YOLO–You Only Live Once. …
The Myth of Happiness
In our culture, and even in our founding documents, we are told that the “pursuit of happiness” is one of …
Desire vs Longing
***Please note: After spending some time thinking through what I wanted this blog to offer, I have recently changed the …
The Cult of Desire
In John Milton’s Paradise Lost there is a point where Satan, thinking through how he is going to tempt Adam and …
The Cost of Entertainment
A thought has been gnawing at me for quite some time, and it is this: We spend an overabundance of our …
A Story Worth Learning
In my previous blog post, I wrote about how the Church suffers from what I believe to be narration sickness, …
Prophetic Imagination
The Prophetic Imagination, 2nd Edition I am re-reading one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, The Prophetic …
Defining the Sacred
As I have tried to unpack my concept of education and the sacred, I realized that I must define what …
The Wisdom Initiative 