Food for Thought: Serving Others
Paul Williams (b.1940) is an American singer and songwriter. This Academy Award-winning composer has battled through alcohol addiction and gained a marvelous insight from…
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Food for Thought: Jumping to Conclusions Can Be Tricky
A mother picked up her son from the city swimming pool one afternoon. When she saw that he didn’t have his towel she…
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Food for Thought: The First Food on the Moon
Just minutes after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon a remarkable event took place. Armstrong stepped onto the surface of…
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Food for Thought: A Conspiracy of Grace
Sixteen-year-old wrestler Marek Bush shot to inter-net fame when a video from a high-school wrestling tournament in New York featuring one of his…
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Food for Thought: When Good Things Happen to Bad People
Several years ago, I read the book, When Bad Christians Happen to Good People by Dave Burchett. I don’t remember many details from…
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Food for Thought: A Silent Lesson
When I was teaching elementary school art, I heard one of our high school math teachers talk about teaching the concept of square…
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Food for Thought: The Power of Failure
We all try to prevent failure, whether in our personal lives, at school or in business. To fail carries with it a sense…
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Food for Thought: Seeing Clearly
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good meal they lay down for the night, and went to…
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Food for Thought: Finding Resonance
“Nancy Duarte starts her book Resonate by describing a simple phenomenon in physics called “resonance.” Resonance occurs when the frequency of an object’s…
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Food for Thought: Water, Symbol of Both Life and Destruction
While my husband and I lived in the Boston area, I was privileged to help write and provide teacher workshops on a water…