by krista | Oct 24, 2023 | Christ life, Uncategorized
AI has come upon educators like a tsunami. Students now have the ability to type in a prompt and get a fully completed essay, report, or answer to a math problem. It’s not that cheating hasn’t existed before now, but it’s just so easy these days. I think it’s an...
by krista | Oct 19, 2022 | Christ life, Favorites, Recommended Reading, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Dear Reader, This delightful novel tells the story of one woman’s journey from harsh dependence to loving independence. The End When I taught AP Literature, Jane Eyre was one of my favorite novels to cover. It has it all: strong heroine in a coming-of-age story,...
by krista | Sep 19, 2022 | Christ life, Favorites, Recommended Reading
C.S. Lewis’ greatest and least-known work is his final novel, Till We Have Faces. This novel is a combination of everything Lewis loved, and it is his fiction writing at its most glorious and most mature. Based on the myth of Cupid and Psyche, the novel’s protagonist...
by krista | Feb 28, 2022 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
The future is scary. And I’m not just talking about potential wars and inflation and other horrors. All of us have “future fears”, whether you’re a teenager worried about grades; a college student worried about your career; a parent worried about children; a...
by krista | Nov 17, 2021 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I’ve been listening to a podcast, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, which is both interesting and painful. What pains me most is the testimonies of those hurt by toxic leaders who mistreat others in the name of Christ. I find myself identifying with them – a few years...
by krista | Nov 8, 2021 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
(This post is adapted from a talk I recently gave to the ABIDE Women’s group at Truett McConnel University) My daughter Emma and I were at a museum in Knoxville TN last month. For me, the most memorable exhibit was a mural titled, “History of Tennessee”. It was...
