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Timeless truth, different delivery #3 – What?
(This post is part of a series – let me encourage you to read the previous posts that precede this post for helpful context – scroll down to view #1 & #2.) What most influences the Christian… more →
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Timeless truth, different delivery #3 – What?
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Dan Beerens wrote 1 month ago: (This post is part of a series – let me encourage you to read the previous posts that precede this p … more →
Timeless truth, different delivery #4 – How?
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Dan Beerens wrote 1 month ago: (This post is part of a series – let me encourage you to read the previous posts that precede this p … more →
Timeless truth, different delivery #1
Dan Beerens wrote 2 months ago: Photos by http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissambwilkins and www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/ I would lik … more →
Timeless truth, different delivery #2 – What?
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Dan Beerens wrote 2 months ago: Photos by http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissambwilkins and www.flickr.com/photos/joshb/ How do we a … more →
Difficult decisions, critical choices
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Dan Beerens wrote 2 months ago: Principles or pragmatism? Is there a right answer? How do we decide? Is there a decision-making grid … more →
An end of the year check-up – looking back, looking forward
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Dan Beerens wrote 6 months ago: Image by Vitualis from Flickr For most of us it’s time to put things back in the cupboards and close … more →
What 3 student learning needs will you meet?
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Dan Beerens wrote 6 months ago: (Thanks to Michael Essenburg, Christian Academy in Japan, for sharing this post and to Wordle.net fo … more →
Is the picture in balance?
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Dan Beerens wrote 7 months ago: Do your teachers know Piaget, Kohlberg, and Erikson better than Cavaletti, Stonehouse, Fowler, and D … more →
Rethinking "integration of faith and learning"
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Dan Beerens wrote 8 months ago: Language matters. For years I have used the language of “integrating faith and learning” to describe … more →
My top ten list for hiring new teachers
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Dan Beerens wrote 8 months ago: When it comes to hiring a new faculty member for next year, what qualities are you seeking? Allow me … more →
Student reflections on biblical perspective
Dan Beerens wrote 8 months ago: Thanks to Kim Essenburg, English 10 teacher at Christian Academy in Japan, for sharing student refle … more →
Redemptive Leadership: Nurturing Faith in Community
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Dan Beerens wrote 9 months ago: (Thanks to Dr. Bruce Hekman, Adjunct Professor of Education at Calvin College for contributing this … more →
By any measure - unattractive (A Christmas poem)
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Dan Beerens wrote 11 months ago: Emptying self? Forsaking family? Losing our life to gain it? Why do you ask such hard things, Lord? … more →
Mustard seeds of hope
Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: It’s not often that I finish a book and write in the back of it: “Every high school and college stud … more →
"Deep and Wide, Deep and Wide" – no wait, just wide!
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Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: Stunning – 57% of evangelical, yes I said evangelical church attendees believe that many religions c … more →
Faith Enhancing Practice* #12 - Pedagogical Practices
Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: I have put off writing about this practice because I have not wanted to discourage teachers through … more →
The myth of the "salt and light" argument
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Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: It typically goes like this: “We have decided to pull our child out of Christian education because w … more →
It just can't happen in public schools!
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Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: In a recent New York Times article, two Jewish families sued to have prayers to Jesus stopped in the … more →
Is it important for your students to apply a biblical perspective to course content?
Dan Beerens wrote 1 year ago: (Post contributed by Michael Essenburg, Christian Academy of Japan) Question: Is it important for yo … more →
