The Fine Art of Minimal Marking
Last week, I participated in a meeting with other teachers who were in their first hours of teaching a writing class in their field. The challenge for them was that […]
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An Ever Present Past and Future
The title of this is not merely a grammatical quandary. It is also an ever-present reality. So here on the last day of 2016, as I have done on the […]
A Season of Incarnation
Here we are again. Christians around the world are preparing to celebrate the incarnation, the time when we believe God became human and lived among us. This seems as good […]
Some Thoughts about Teaching Personal Writing Assignments
Should I teach personal writing in my first-year writing course? This is a question I pose every semester I prepare to teach first-year writing. The question is complicated for me […]
Good Reasons for Turning to Fiction
Last month, I wrote that I became interested in writing and reading creative nonfiction because it allows reflection on aspects of life that might be called spiritual. I wrote that […]