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Every chance I get, I talk about the power of social media.  I tell people the value in getting connected, sharing your story, learning from and with others from around…

There have been a select few posts I’ve written over the years that have addressed my faith more blatantly than others. As an educator and blogger, I’ve tried to walk…

Over the past few weeks I’ve been writing about songs with lyrics that have been challenging or inspiring me.  I wrote a post called “Rise” about Katy Perry’s new song,…

Music has always been a passion of mine.  People are always surprised at how varied or eclectic my music tastes are.  I listen to music, I study music, I research…

Recently, I co-authored a blog post called “Loving Recklessly”.  The post was our call to action.  Our speaking out that we have a responsibility to love, and love recklessly. This…

This post was co-written with Brent Clarkson.  You can read his blog here. “Connected Educator”. Two words that have changed both of our lives. Two words that truly define who…

This post was co-written with Jeff Veal. You can check out his blog here. The Way It May Seem It seems these days that you can’t turn on the tv,…

This post was co-written with Brandon Blom. You can find his blog here. Together we recently wrote a blog post called “Top 10 Tips for First Year Principals”.  The post…

So, I’ve written and then deleted this post about 10 times now.  For whatever reason I just haven’t been able to feel like I’m getting the wording right. So here…

This was post was co-written with Brandon Blom. You can find his blog here. The first year.  We all remember it, and some of us remember it more fondly than…

Last year I had the pleasure of attending my very first Scholastic Reading Summit in San Antonio, Texas.  And I loved it! This year I had the honor of being…

Every one of us has walls built up in our lives.  Some walls we build to keep others out.  Some walls we build to make us feel protected…safe.  There are…