Revitalizing the Christian imagination through painting, poetry, music, and more.

Reflections on professional growth, educational research, school leadership and policy, and the sharing of related resources. A grateful heart for a beautiful day.

What possessed me to willingly drink 7 days of only liquid fruits and vegetables you ask? Two words, Joe Cross. Granted, Adam and I have been wanting to do some sort of cleanse for awhile now to further our movement into healthier choices for all areas of our lives but after we watched Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.

I just put her down and I hear her soft, sweet, zombie-like coos over the monitor as she babbles herself to sleep. It is otherwise silent in the house. The clock was moved back last night and the world is collectively sleepier than we should be at this hour. It is dark and cozy and there is something about tonight that feels sacred.

Rend your hearts and not your garments. The Holy Days of Lent.

Is the largest stained-glass window made by Chagall. It is 12 x 7. 5 m and covers the whole west facade of the Chapel of the Cordeliers in Sarrebourg, a small town in the Vosges Mountains in France. Most striking about this window is that three times Chagall depicts Christ in it. Does Jesus play a central role in peace according to Chagall? A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots.