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Wisdom, Virtue, and Compassion: The Cardinal Tenets of Odyssey Leadership Academy

June 5, 2014

**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

February 10, 2013

One of my favorite writers in the field of education, Alfie Kohn, asks a very important question in the title …

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The Beauty of Discipline

January 15, 2013

There is a phrase floating around now that sums up the basic tenets of modern culture: YOLO–You Only Live Once.  …

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The Myth of Happiness

November 29, 2012

In our culture, and even in our founding documents, we are told that the “pursuit of happiness” is one of …

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Desire vs Longing

November 26, 2012

***Please note: After spending some time thinking through what I wanted this blog to offer, I have recently changed the …

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The Cult of Desire

November 20, 2012

In John Milton’s Paradise Lost there is a point where Satan, thinking through how he is going to tempt Adam and …

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The Cost of Entertainment

November 16, 2012

A thought has been gnawing at me for quite some time, and it is this: We spend an overabundance of our …

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A Story Worth Learning

November 1, 2012

In my previous blog post, I wrote about how the Church suffers from what I believe to be narration sickness, …

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Prophetic Imagination

October 11, 2012

The Prophetic Imagination, 2nd Edition I am re-reading one of my favorite books by one of my favorite authors, The Prophetic …

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Defining the Sacred

September 30, 2012

As I have tried to unpack my concept of education and the sacred, I realized that I must define what …

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