“loved by Yahweh”
Join us on a journey that begins today and ends with a sore knees challenge May 4-11. This week’s post starts with Melissa in China. Next week, we’ll travel to Ethiopia, then back to China, on to Lebanon, and finally India. We’ll be hearing from different teachers about the “loved by Yahweh” in their classrooms as they answer the question “What does it mean to you to be a teacher who follows the Master Teacher?”
Song for a New Day
What does Birth do for us? It sings the dawning of a new day. Join Melissa K. Smith this week in singing that song for your students and for refugees.
Potato Perspective
Even potatoes can teach a lesson. Melissa K. Smith shows how the role of potatoes in the lives of some students have taught her about gratitude and the art of sharing.
Sore Knees: Advocate
This week’s key word is advocate, mediating within and between people, in this world and at the throne.
Sore Knees: Relate
This week’s key word is “relate” which we define as standing shoulder to shoulder with the ignored or forgotten as we move toward a happily ever after together.
Sore Knees: Cultivate
The key word for this week’s sore knees challenge post is “cultivate” which we define as the act of showing mercy to the ignored and forgotten.
Sore Knees: Foundation
The Sore Knees Challenge begins today with a focus on our Foundation.
the Sore Knees Challenge
Could your classroom or school use a little thunder and lightening? Do you or a colleague need a bit of a shake-up…or perhaps a gentle whisper? You are invited to join us for the Sore Knees Challenge–a month before the throne for yourself, your students, school, and colleagues.
In a Minute {a video}
It only takes a minute to change the course of a child’s life. Melissa Smith received some money she wanted to use to further education in the economically repressed southern … Continue reading
When Opportunity Forgets to Knock
What if we changed just one thing about our past—where we were born, for example? I could be exactly the same person with my love of learning but be excluded … Continue reading
Master Teaching 