Marilyn McEntyre – CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS JOURNAL

Preparing to Share: What I Learn When It’s My Turn to Speak

Posted on January 31, 2019August 4, 2020

Most of us, sometime in childhood, were offered this solemn advice from a peace-loving teacher or parent: “If you want to have a friend, be a friend.” The adage has wider application, I’ve found, than we might have suspected when we stood by the swings and considered our social options. One is this: if you […]

What They Hear When We Speak

Posted on December 16, 2016August 4, 2020

Among the teachers I remember gratefully is my history professor, Dr. Poland. No doubt I owe to him much of what I know about the French Revolution, but what remains with me as his most valuable teaching is his way of speaking. He gave every sentence full weight. He spoke with deliberation, a little more slowly […]