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The Choice We Face
“…if mass society is experienced as a force that wears us down as individuals, then our belonging to community should build us up…” Continue reading
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Mental Processing for Study and Life
We only have to remember that to be better is not necessarily connected to what we do or don’t do, to what we think or don’t think. Continue reading
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Changing Education Paradigms – Commentary
I would like to honour the contribution of the recently late Sir Ken Robinson. In this video I add commentary to his Royal Science Academy video. So I stop, with commentary to explicate some of the underlying features behind the ideas presented. Continue reading
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Meaning in a Murky Context
“the seeming destruction of context is the modus operandi of a more inclusive background which could provide both meaning and beauty to our lives.” Continue reading
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Naggingly Abstract Freedom: A Critical Review of “Three Cheers for Socialism”
Introduction It is due to my deep affinity to the historical heritages from which this discussion emerges from that I undertake it. My deep concern for my brothers and sisters who value both Chrisitian community and the experience of freedom is that they have become what they criticize. Not uncommonly, they criticize formations of “us… Continue reading
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A Battle over Sacred Ground: the Knowledges of Evidence and Faith
We are faced with numerous cross pressures. We begin to distrust the police. We no longer rely on our traditional religious communities. More and more, the family unit has been showing signs of wear and tear for at least a generation. Moreover, due to a pandemic, the economic machine that keeps us all moving has… Continue reading
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A Spiritual Worry about Social Justice
“If we stand with others in their reality, rather than focusing on issues, then we are doing much more of what Jesus would do.” Continue reading
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International Students in Canada: Business, Life, and Happiness
“An experience of “resonance” is an indicator what a person ought to be doing.” Continue reading
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Eternity? Right Here.
What is this melancholy we feel? A shining connection I want to steal. No more dwelling and doubting the way that I eat! No more scattered or tattered 2-second tweets! Let’s ask “How are you?” and wait. Let’s walk together, with a slow gait. No more “Where did you go?”, “What and who do you know?”!Let’s… Continue reading
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A Room In My Heart
For your 12th birthday, daughter I couldn’t say how much you mean to me, How you came to us, filled with glee, Beginning with joy right from the start, Owning the largest of rooms in my heart. Now your mind is so filled with friends; An enlarged childhood stretched at the ends. Your peers are… Continue reading
About me: I am a career educator and traveler at heart. My written work includes academic writing in philosophy and linguistics, English acquisition, and most intently in the areas of spiritual engagement with reality and what that means for our public lives.
My education is a mixture of formal study in philosophy, political theory, Biblical studies, and history, along with professional teaching certification in TESOL and in cognitive testing, and international teaching.
My travel experiences include a range of countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America. I have lived in Canada, the United States, Germany, Saudi Arabia, South Korea and Thailand. From those places I have traveled to many others besides.
I am a child of the 70’s and a “family man.” That means I have two wonderful kids who have been round the world with me.
Lastly, I am married to a wonderful woman since 2004. She is my partner, my friend, and my muse.
Thanks again for stopping by,
Raymond Klassen - Ideals and Identities 