Findings: 5 Tips for Fueling Your Child’s Faith

mcherkezian — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:56:14 -0500

As every parent knows, children possess a very active inner life and can be surprisingly curious about religious and spiritual matters.

Consider a few of the questions our daughter, Katy, and her little brother, Brinck, asked when they were young:

One Man's Winning Ways

admin — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 10:02:00 -0500

Folks marvel at the way Willie Davis, a custodian at Arthur F. Smith Middle Magnet School in Alexandria, Louisiana, took on coaching boys' basketball. In 10 years he has led his players to a 163-33 record and three district championships, not to mention regular appearances on the honor roll.

How did an unassuming janitor, who was forced to drop out of high school, take to being a role model so naturally? For Willie—or "Coach D" as his players call him—the answer is simple: His father set a high standard.

Elvis Has Entered the Building

admin — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 10:15:00 -0500

The fifth-graders at Garner Elementary in Winter Haven, Florida, never knew who would be standing at the front of their classroom bringing the day's lessons to life: David Copperfield, Captain Hook, Elvis Presley, a shoeless hobo. That made school exciting and kept the kids, most of whom were from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, coming back. Who was the man behind the masks? It was Samuel Bennett, the 2006 Florida Teacher of the Year.

"Your Time Is Coming"

admin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 09:33:50 -0600

That day in March 1991 seemed so unreal.

Until then my mind had been all wrapped up in football for more than six months.

Only weeks earlier I'd had one of the greatest thrills of my life: The New York Giants had won Super Bowl XXV. After six and a half frustrating years in the National Football League, mostly sitting on the bench, I'd achieved my goal. I'd been the starting, the winning, quarterback. That was real. But not this...

Patience Is a Virtue

mheller — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:13:51 -0600

I like shopping for clothes, but it's hard to find a good place to shop for them. Store merchandise is often disordered, and there is little help out on the sales floor. When you find something, the clerks often behave as if they are doing you a personal favor by ringing it up.

Call Me Coach

test_1 — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:11:40 -0600

By the time I hit my late 40s, life felt like it had reached a plateau.

I’d married in my teens, and now my kids were grown and I was divorced, living alone in a small, quiet condo. I was still teaching history at Curtis High School on Staten Island, just a few miles from where I’d grown up.

I’d been a teacher for 17 years. I loved teaching, considered it my calling to impact my students’ lives. Lately, though, it hadn’t felt that way. Curtis had changed a lot. Staten Island had changed.

The Biggest Winner

admin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:14:00 -0600

Try to make people laugh for a living, it's not always easy, but it was my dream in life—to be able to give the gift of laughter. Sometimes people come up to me after a comedy show and tell me they would love to do what I do and that all their friends think they're funny, but they are too afraid to do it themselves.

Life Coach

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:57:00 -0500

I chose Penn State for its strong journalism program and award-winning daily student newspaper. And for something else I loved—football. A perennial national championship contender led by a legendary coach, Joe Paterno, no less.

Life Coach

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:57:00 -0500

Life Coach

admin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 09:57:00 -0500