The Christmas Narrative

The Christmas Narrative

Merry Christmas!  Today is the day we celebrate Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ.  Most of the world celebrates the day, but not all celebrate the event.  Many have not even heard the story surrounding Jesus’ birth.  I thought I would fix that for those who may read this.  Below is a link to a…

November (2022) MI Ballot Proposals

There are three statewide proposals for constitutional amendments in Michigan on the November 2022 ballot. Here is the language, copied verbatim, from a sample ballot. Personally, I’m ambivalent on the first, but strongly opposed to the second and vehemently opposed to the third. Proposal 22-1 A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual…

Who Is Jesus?

Who Is Jesus?

I read a book to a kindergarten class before the end of the schoolyear, and it prompted this question, blurted out by one of the students in the middle of the book.  The book itself did a good job answering the question as I continued to read, but it left out much that could have…

The Paperboy

One of my recent tasks as a kindergarten class volunteer was to help modernize the books on tape to books on CDs.  Kids don’t know too much about tapes, plus the tapes get old, brittle, and they break (kind of like kindergarten volunteers.)  Since I had a little technology expertise, meaning I knew the difference…