Scripps Sundays

I have been continuing to chew on a quote that I think I shared with you a few weeks ago from the   On Being podcast   where Krista Tippet interviewed Barbara Brown Taylor:   " To be holy is to keep one's balance while the earth moves under our feet ."   As I continued to meditate on this (as the earth seems to be moving under my feet quite a bit with things at SPU and with Taylor about to graduate and with Dad’s job search), I also read Psalm 100 in the Message that says,  “ On your feet now—applaud  God !   Bring a gift of laughter,   sing yourselves into his presence . ”   Upon reading this (do you see my monkey brain at work here?), I thought of the Taize song called “Come and Fill”: https://youtu.be/YYfW2BBtAos This song reframed the Barbara Brown Taylor quote for me in a powerful way.   " To be holy is to keep one's balance while the earth moves under our feet ."   I had been thinking about trying to keep my balance durin...

On Tuesday April 18, Kevin Gannon was the featured keynote speaker for the Center for Teaching and Learning Symposium. The   video of his keynote   will be posted on the CTL website when it becomes available, and you can learn more about Gannon’s work on   his website and blog .  Sikose shared these reflections after the event, and I knew you would love them: One thing that came up for me was Kevin's discussion on Belonging. As a 1st year ASE, I'm constantly grappling with my own sense of belonging which makes me curious about how I might be able to instill it within my students when it is constantly ebbing and flowing within me. I'm beginning to accept that it ebbs and flows because I am human, fragile, learning, unlearning, relearning and I am (also) woman and Black. My sense of Belonging ebbs and flows because it has a history of being challenged.   And so, while I might reiterate to my students moving forward that they absolutely do Belong here at UW (a...