Side Dish or Marinade?

During November’s NAES webinar on the Episcopal school trustee, the Rev. Peter Cheney* talked about each trustee’s responsibility to understand, care take, and be an ambassador for the... Read More »

Matters Episcopal

I write to you from the meeting of the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church being held in Salt Lake City, October 21-24, 2011. As you might know, the Executive Council is the Episcopal... Read More »

In Praise of the Impractical

Steve Jobs died last week at age 55. One of the best reflections on the life of this visionary who defied conventional wisdom is in his own words: a 2005 commencement address given at Stanford... Read More »

The Beauty of Blessings

Kids love blessings. So do parents and teachers. At my school, even the most jaded eighth grader never failed to come forward to receive the birthday blessing offered in chapel. I never saw a... Read More »

Looking Back at the Anniversary

No matter how many times I have done it, it always feels strange to be flying on September 11th, and this year—with the tenth anniversary and all of the accompanying attention to it—it... Read More »

An Unabashed Community

One of the pleasures of my job is reading publications from Episcopal schools. One such piece came across my desk the other day. It was the text of a talk by a recent college graduate who had... Read More »

Speaking of Faith

For the past two years, each fall the National Association of Episcopal Schools (NAES) has sent each member school a publication designed to prompt discussion about our mission and ministry as... Read More »

Sticker Shock

Often I am asked about the “big issues” in the Episcopal school world, namely, the emerging topics and themes that seem to be popping up with some regularity and intensity throughout the... Read More »

Welcoming the Stranger

I recently had the privilege to speak at the annual conference of early childhood directors and lower school heads sponsored by the New York State Association of Independent Schools where, as it... Read More »