The Overwhelming, Never-­Ending Silence of God: Teaching Shūsaku Endō’s Silence in a Christian School

In our modern North American churches, we often sing of the “overwhelming, never-­ending, reckless love of God” to remind us of how […]

Found Families: An Idea for Blending Whole-­Class Novels and Student Choice in Middle School and High School English Classrooms

The ideas in this article spring from three important identities I carry in my heart: reader, teacher, and child in the family […]

Hi, My Name Is . . .

We have all been there before. One hand in your pocket, the other hand holding a beverage while you engage in small […]

Exploring the Wonder and Delight of God’s Creation in the Christian Classroom

When I was four years old, our preschool teacher took us outside the classroom to explore some wonders of nature at the […]

Citizen Science: Real Data for a Real Need in the Real World

I am standing on the bridge in a local park near our high school in Fridley, Minnesota. It is a beautiful day […]

Solar Education: An Integrated Community-Wide Approach

In the fall of 2020 I received a call from a local electrical contractor that had worked on our high school building. […]

Embodying Climate Change Education: Stories in the Secondary Science Classroom

Climate change education. What do these three words call to mind? When you hear these three words, how do you feel? What […]

Self-Care as Creation Care

When God made the world, he crafted light, seas, land, vegetation, sun, moon, stars, and animals (Genesis 1). He also crafted humans, […]

The Litter Principal

The War on Litter The commentary surrounding the war on litter continues to make headline news and impacts school curriculum. To grab […]

The Environment of Here and Now: Place-Based Eco-Stewardship for Young Learners

The first marker on any map is not the discovery of where you’d like to go but where you are. Our particular […]