All Posts

I was in the bathroom at church the other day, and I reached for a paper towel after I washed my hands.  I always struggle with paper towel dispensers for some unknown reason (just like Allyson in “Mom’s Night Out”) but this wasn’t even an automatic one that couldn’t “sense” my presence.  It was an old-fashioned manual one with a knob you had to turn.  I was persistently trying to turn it the way I thought it should go and it just wasn’t working.  So, I took a step back, looked at it closely, and realized the grooves were made to turn in the opposite

I am not a fan of learning about history… unless I’m watching a movie about a historical event or reading historical fiction. Learning dates and locations of battles and the political climate of the time are simply not my jam, but if you give me some characters to engage in – a military wife delivering telegrams to notify the families of soldiers who didn’t make it through the battle or a young

When my son, Shawn, was two years old he was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder and speech delays. Getting diagnosed was so wonderful because it explained so much and allowed us to figure out a plan moving forward.

Our church at the time had several programs in place for children with disabilities and after discussing it with the Children’s Ministry Leader

I’m a bit of a neuroscience nerd.  I love to learn about learning.  Knowledge of God and His Word deserves the best teaching strategies.  Brain-based learning is the evidence-based practice of teaching the way the brain learns.  Neuroscientists are discovering how we learn best through use of functional MRI’s, which show what parts of the brain are firing while a person is engaged in a particular activity.  It turns out