My friend Chris, who is writing curriculum for his music students, is crafting Essential Questions for his lessons. Essential Questions are those which, if you have developed and taught your lesson well, all will be able to answer at the end. He believes educators must also ask themselves Essential Questions as they do their jobs. I believe, especially of late,... Read more
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Essential Questions
March 29 | Posted by Vinny | Marriage and Family Tags: children, Faith, health, kids, Marriage and Family, parenting, prayer, religion
Sociology 101- Church Attendance
February 7 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: attendance, church, Faith, music, religion, schedule, timeRoman Catholics are the busiest of the faithful. I know that seems a bold observation and a gross generalization, but I know it to be true. How could I know such a thing? I know because I have studied it using the tools I learned in Sociology 101- observation and extrapolation. I’ve spent many years observing the arrival times of people... Read more
Faith Resolutions for 2009
January 10 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: cursing, Faith, language, newyears, prayer, religion, resolutions, thanks, thanksgiving, vulgarityHaving completed my Family Resolutions the other day, I should take a moment to continue my resolutions as a man of faith. Resolution 4- Remember that “Name in Vain” thingy For a man who teaches the youngest of children, you would think I had better control of my mouth. I don’t. I also work across the hall from a first grade teacher... Read more
A quality sermon
September 20 | Posted by Vinny | Faith Tags: clergy, deacon, Faith, priest, quality, religion, sermon, speechI often wonder, during the more than 120 masses I sit through each year, why there can’t be more quality sermons. I imagine creating a sermon is difficult. As a matter of fact, this site grows out of the idea that I thought I could create a weekly sermon as good or better than the ones I’ve been hearing. I... Read more
