Tag: teachers
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Saints in My Book
Some saints will never be remembered on a church calendar or written about in a book of saints. Their names may not be known beyond their families, classrooms, churches, and communities. Yet they will always be saints in my book. My parents were among my first saints. They were imperfect people, as we all are,…
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Some Places Become Holy
Series: Places That Shape UsThursday, August 13, 2026 What was your first classroom like? My first school had six grades in one room with a single teacher. That was in 1954. Over the span of my elementary school, high school, college, and seminary education, I have sat in many classrooms. I have been taught by…
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Standing on the Shoulders of Those Who Believed in Us
There is an old saying that we stand on the shoulders of giants. I have discovered another truth along life’s journey: we all stand on the shoulders of someone who believed in us. As I look back over seventy-six years, I realize that many of the people who shaped my life never became famous. They…
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From a One-Room Schoolhouse to a Lifetime of Learning: A Tribute to Teachers Who Shaped My Life
For the first years of my education, I attended Union School in Greene County, Mississippi — a small, rural school where six grades shared one room, and the seventh and eighth grades were together in another. Looking back, it feels almost like a scene from a history book, but for me, it was simply where…
