Bible & Theology Teacher / Chaplain, Grand Rapids Christian HS https://teapaw.org/t.co/vjJbnnYIbw
Grand Rapids, MI
Joined August 2012
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Gathering theological tools to build bridges across difference with the help of @matthewkaemingk and @shadihamid. neighborlyfaith.org/the-trou… & comment.org/podcasts/a-musli…
Great time with @neulsaem at Calvin’s @MeeterCenter + our AI-generated reformation breakup song. Thanks for having us!
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Is anyone working with youth in the Grand Rapids area? Check out this training!
@tenx10collab
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The @Calvin_Uni Civic Hospitality Project equips young citizens to lovingly relate across political differences.
Spark | The Calvin University Magazine calvin.edu/publication/spark…
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"From next month, secondary school pupils in the Netherlands will no longer be able to use their phones in the classroom...The government.. cites distracted pupils and low educational performance as reasons for the ban." euronews.com/2023/12/16/dutc…
I get to read and discuss these books with high school students. None of these are required books for classes I was teaching; instead, some students simply wanted to think more deeply.
Chr ed crowdsourcing: Hit me with some of your best PD conversation starters. Looking for generative conversations between Pre-K to high school teachers re: Xian ed. Looking at you @DSpyksma @DarrylDeboer @LynnSwaner1 @epellefsen @DanBeerens @justinmcook @beim_m @d_mulder, etc.
This is why I love teaching (even in the summer). High school students digging into principled pluralism & convicted civility. Many are tempted toward despair thinking about the future of politics & faith. I think there’s hope.
@epellefsen @matthewkaemingk
#civichospitality
"Nearly every teenager in America uses social media, and yet we do not have enough evidence to conclude that it is sufficiently safe for them. Our children have become unknowing participants in a decades-long experiment."
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New podcaste episode! Matt Kaemingk (Fuller Theological Seminary), author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Eerdmans, 2018), discusses his work on the Civic Hospitality Project (civichospitality.com). faith-in-teaching-podcast.si…
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We Are Not Our Worldview | Christianity Today christianitytoday.com/ct/202…
Great work @kevinhuinink!
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How Can We Be a Country That Does This to Our Children? nytimes.com/2023/03/28/opini…
America’s gun culture is driven by Christians – here’s how to stop school shootings premierchristianity.com/opin…
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Great teaching wisdom from a veteran teacher (who is also a grandparent)! christiandeeperlearning.org/… @DanBeerens @kessenburg1 @epellefsen @DSpyksma @justinmcook @drkevinmtaylor @tyleramidon @edithvdBoom
“The number of ppl who can fit comfortably in a VW Beetle can mobilize a slightly bigger group who can in turn mobilize more than a hundred folks. … So, the question to ask is, “Which group of three people has God put me w/ & what can we make together?”
andy-crouch.com/articles/bei…