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  • January 19, 2025

    Social Learning Models: A Path for Neuro-Diverse Success

    Social Learning Models: A Path for Neuro-Diverse Success

    Social learning, particularly in small groups, offers an effective framework for addressing the limitations of traditional education. A social model of learning mitigates risks, maximizes outcomes, and fosters a sense of belonging. Continue reading

    Childhood education, Spirituality, Uncategorized
    Charles Taylor, education, learning, Neurodivergence, neurodiversity, newcomers, teachers, teaching, technology
  • January 19, 2025

    Living by Faith – Moral Considerations in a Holy Land

    Living by Faith – Moral Considerations in a Holy Land

    I pray that all people in this situation starts seeing God in the other, and the best way to live in future peace is to be peaceful now.  Continue reading

    Politics and Society, Spirituality
    Gaza, Israel, Jew, Muslim, Palestinian, The West Bank
  • December 31, 2024

    The Moral Stakes in Being Authentic

    The Moral Stakes in Being Authentic

    “It turns out that the concept of common goods is constitutive of pursuing one’s interests.”  Continue reading

    Politics and Society, Spirituality
    Authenticity, Charles Taylor, Recognition, Spirituality
  • December 22, 2024

    For Mom, not a mom

    For Mom, not a mom

    I stand and look out, at the dark lake,With the moon rising.And the horse and buggy are coming back in,From the past, in silenceWhere things they don’t existAnd we’re all in this together, till the endWhere the pearly gates remain openAnd welcome me homeBy the time I came to Manitoba, I diedAt the hands of… Continue reading

    Uncategorized
    mothers, Spirituality
  • December 13, 2024

    Authenticity in an Age of Totality

    Authenticity in an Age of Totality

    In an age when the fifth type of totalitarianism, Mass Society, has systemically devalued and degraded the human person, I hope it is proper to demand a hearing of any and all authentic reactions in favor of a person’s inalienable solitude and for her effective freedom. The murderous cacophony of materialism cannot be allowed to… Continue reading

    Leadership and Business, Politics and Society
    Authenticity, Freedom, Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, liberation, Mass Society, Spirituality, Thomas Merton, Totalitarianism
  • December 12, 2024

    Character Building and Becoming: A Christmas Story

    Character Building and Becoming: A Christmas Story

    “…tending to our own resilience is a vital task for living well. But that requires not only that we don’t overlook the severity of loss or the suffering that we regularly experience, but also that we experience and embrace the suffering.” Continue reading

    Spirituality, Uncategorized
    Character, Christmas, Colostomy, glory, Hirchsprungs Disease, PDA, suffering
  • December 12, 2024

    Technological Society Deprives

    Technological Society Deprives

    While it’s easy to appreciate the benefits of technology, we often struggle to identify what it has taken from us. Technology is part of us. Continue reading

    Leadership and Business, Politics and Society, Spirituality
    Authenticity, George Grant, Mass Society, Technocratic Rationality, technology
  • November 28, 2024

    It’s Hard to be Embarrassed; is that a problem?

    It’s Hard to be Embarrassed; is that a problem?

    This may be one time when we all know that we exist between the past and future. Continue reading

    Childhood education, Politics and Society, Spirituality
    Authenticity, books, embarrassment, Hannah Arendt, History, Israel, marxism, Mass Society, obsecenity, Palestine, philosophy, Politics, shame, Spirituality
  • November 21, 2024

    The Evolution of Ability

    The Evolution of Ability

    Might we reassess our idea of ability?  Continue reading

    Childhood education, Leadership and Business, Politics and Society, Spirituality
    adhd, Authenticity, autism, David Brooks, education, mental-health, neurodiversity, Spirituality
  • November 3, 2024

    Liberal Democracies buttressed by Illiberal Forces: a Social Imaginary

    Liberal Democracies buttressed by Illiberal Forces: a Social Imaginary

    “what is meant by individual freedom is hotly contested and not just a brute fact. It must be nurtured and grown. This is how I experience my moment of bliss over bacon and eggs. This emerging freedom is a profoundly different social imaginary than the one on offer by liberal democracy.” Continue reading

    Politics and Society, Spirituality
    Authenticity, Charles Taylor, democracy, Donald Trump, illiberalism, Liberalism, Mass Society, philosophy, Politics, Spirituality
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