An uncompromising principal, Ken Voss was flinty, obsessive, and nobody’s friend. But his leadership changed lives. WHENEVER I MENTOR young leaders, I often reflect on the two years I spent in the sun-drenched Ohio Valley teaching in an … [Read more...] about Kenneth Voss: The Letter (part 1)
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Before Soul Teachers takes a summer break…
I’M ABOUT TO leave for vacation. I'm working in my office — here in the Pacific Northwest — while in the bedroom next door my wife lies sleeping. Out in the living room lie boxes, duffle bags, and coolers. We’re about to go on a one-month … [Read more...] about Before Soul Teachers takes a summer break…
“Moonlight Sonata”: Learning to Be Still
I SUSPECT EACH of us is allotted a certain amount of transcendence; those moments when the veil is thin, when the Eternal offers her hand — gloved, sublime — and draws us up to observe the dance of the cosmos through the screen of heaven. I have … [Read more...] about “Moonlight Sonata”: Learning to Be Still
Bethany & Sharon: When a student schools the Master
IT’S HARD TO admit you’re wrong. It’s especially difficult when the person criticizing you — someone you’re sure knows far less than you — doesn’t merit your respect. Like an annoying high school student. Yet some of my most powerful lessons … [Read more...] about Bethany & Sharon: When a student schools the Master
Sooki: “More than a pet lost”
This week, Steven Denlinger is leading his high school journalism team to NSPA’s Spring Convention in San Francisco. In his place, senior editor Kara Fohner offers a Guest Column previously published in The Lenoir News-Topic. EVERY TIME I walk … [Read more...] about Sooki: “More than a pet lost”
Alice Aspen March: The right kind of attention
I'M IN THE middle of the Pennsylvania countryside, not far from Lancaster. It’s July, and fields of bright green corn line the winding roads. My grandfather has finally died at the age of 96, and I’m driving to his funeral to honor him. I’m … [Read more...] about Alice Aspen March: The right kind of attention
