April’s #BlogaMonth topic,”How do you internally measure success (beyond that of test scores)?” took me back to my days as an Ed.D. student working on my doctoral research. During those weeks, months (and years), my natural tendency toward qualitative rather than quantitative research heavily influenced the direction and nature of my research into adolescent spirituality. […]
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Introducing “Menschology”
Hello, Goodbye & Peace’s 4th full length album of original spiritual and Jewish rock is called, Menschology. Released in January of 2017, it’s an album rooted in Jewish values. To be more specific, it’s an album rooted in The Davis Academy’s 5 menschlichkeit values– wisdom, community, righteousness, respect, and spirit. Hence the name! Menschology was produced by The Davis […]
Hello, Goodbye & Peace
Ask a Jewish person what the word “shalom” means. Seriously. Ask a Jewish person. Any Jewish person. They’ll tell you it means, “Hello, Goodbye & Peace.” Hence this band, concept, project, vision, offering. Saying hello, letting go, seeking peace. That’s the approach. That’s the orientation. It’s the process and hopefully the outcome. Shalom is an […]
winter blossoms
I’ve often wondered how it is that some plants bloom in the winter. When all the rest of the world is curling up for a long sleep. When I find myself driving to and from work in total darkness. When it’s just plain cold. Daphnes and winter jasmine and witch hazels and snow drops […]
Silent Heads
What do you see in this photograph? What feelings do the styrofoam faces and busts evoke? What associations come to mind? If they could speak, what would they say?
Minivan Heroics
Driving down a narrow street in Grant Park on an insanely crowded and unusually warm late October Day. Twice having to cautiously navigate between two parked cars that could have resulted in my hitting either one through the slightest miscalculation. Both times making it through without a scratch. Emerging triumphant onto a properly sized […]