Archive - The Armchair

Burying a Student

Hope amidst Grief

Jul 14 •

June 2025

What It’s Like to Grade APUSH Exams

My week in Kansas City Reading the Sausage

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Getting Called Out By Myself

Changing my classroom management approach mid-year

May 3 •

March 2025

Domino's on the Des Plaines

Reflections on Contentment, Consumerism, and Kayaking the Mighty Des Plaines

Mar 26 •

February 2025

Lessons in Leadership for the New Year

Re-framing how I think about Christian leadership

Feb 16 •

December 2024

Advent Week 4: Love

We cannot have the gift of God without experiencing the grace of God

Dec 25, 2024 •

My Year With Churchill

What I learned about (and from) history's most voluble leader

Dec 20, 2024 •

Advent Week 3: JOY

C.S. Lewis' Counterintuitive Definition

Dec 17, 2024 •

Advent Week 2: Peace In Unexpected Places

It's hard to let go of our hopes

Dec 10, 2024 •

Advent Week 1: Piecing Together Hope

Reflections on Advent, Life, and the Puzzle of Faith

Dec 2, 2024 •

October 2024

The End of an Accidental Hiatus

Some musing and cogitation on camping, hosting after-school student events, and mid-tier Wisconsin beer.

Oct 4, 2024 •

September 2024

The “Immigrants Eating Cats” Thing is a Witch Scare

Sep 14, 2024 •

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