Last year, I started this blog because of National Novel Writing Month - and the idea of building in more reflection and sharing into my...

I'm not exactly sure why but it takes a great deal of emotional energy - often - to come up with a blog post. In the pre-COVID world,...

Note: I have no degree. I have no research. I have only my own experience as a teacher, principal, and parent. The ultimate lead effect...

Hospitality means primarily the creation of a free space where the stranger can enter and become a friend instead of an enemy....

"Do what you can, pray for what you cannot...if your smartphone causes you to sin, get a dumbphone." - Fr. Anthony Saroki, Homily,...

I was asked recently to share what makes a successful school, and my answer was the same as it has been before.  Successful schools...

One of our favorite podcasts as a family is Catholic Sprouts - a great weekday podcast (5-10 minutes) that covers an teaching or practice...

You are constantly facing choices. The question is whether you choose for God or for your own doubting self. You know what the right...

As long as I keep running about asking “Do you love me? Do you really love me?” I give all power to the voices of the world and put...

Jesus’ response to our worry-filled lives is quite different. He asks us to shift the point of gravity, to relocate the center of our...

The role of a leader is to not have all the answers, but to have the questions. - Michael Hyatt [emphasis mine]. Leadership is an...

Teachers can feel like they have a looked-down upon position in our society. I believe part of that is due to a perceived lack of...

Yesterday's Nouwen daily meditation really hit home: Most of us consider waiting as something very passive, a hopeless state determined...

We don't trust people to follow the rules, we trust them to know when to break them. - Simon Sinek, Talks at Google A big part of me is...

I consistently drive for efficiency and business - in an almost ruthless fashion. It consistently trips up my social and spiritual life;...

Of course, the flip-side of yesterday's post is having teachers and staff that know when it is time to come to the principal/boss. This...

I listened to Tim Ferriss' interview with Jocko Wilinck, author of Extreme Ownership - a book I read at the recommendation of Susan...

Because of the large number of schools and area in ADLA, we subdivided into geographic groups, which meet monthly. Ours is one of the...

Dr Timothy O'Malley has a fantastic piece on the horror of allowing a Catholic school to be just another school. His conclusion is...

I was reading Doug Lemov's blogpost/review of Reader, Come Home by Maryanne Wolf. This passage near the end struck me: It is true that...