I am not a phone talker. Nobody in my family is, but it occurred to me today that I had not spoken to my parents in a while. So I called them. Daddy is 83, and Mother is 80. My son Daniel li… Read More

Robert Daniel Hyde, April 11, 1960-March 14, 2023, Russellville High School Class of 1979 My children’s dad died yesterday. My ex-husband. I did not expect to feel these feelings… Read More

I have been waiting for a drug like Mounjaro for decades. All my life I have struggled with my weight. I remember in elementary school they made us weigh at each report card time. In 3rd… Read More

Note: The following essay was submitted in draft form for a collection to which I was invited to contribute called “Letters to the Field” (of curriculum studies). The call was i… Read More

I just finished my third week on the job as an Academic Dean. Is it challenging? You bet! I am writing this post to explore some “Leadership 101” skills and dispositions that cam… Read More

I was a chair for almost 7 years. I like to think I was a good Chair, that my being in the position made a difference. As you could see from the previous post, I had not done a lot of prep w… Read More

Before reporting to my first day as Dean, I wanted to reflect upon my time as Department Chair, a very fast 7 years, from 2015-2022. I look back with fondness for my colleagues, pride at acc… Read More

Most academics I talk to experienced a brief period just after receiving their doctorate when they feel like it isn’t real, or if it is, it must be some sort of mistake. The feeling, f… Read More

I wrote a little while ago about using pages for your blog in addition to posts. It seems like the most popular and in demand type of page, aside from your home page and the page where your… Read More

Nurturing relationships with other bloggers within your niche is still one of the best ways to grow a blog. Just think of the options you have …The Concise Guide to Building Relations… Read More

In 1973, Cliff Robertson starred in an ABC Movie of the Week production of Edward Everett Hale’s story, “The Man Without a Country.” In it, an American officer is being cou… Read More

I ran across this paper I wrote for a Religious Liberty class at McAfee School of Theology, Mercer University. I didn’t think it was half bad, so I’m posting it in my blog. It&rs&hell…Read More

Ucc.orgAs part of my UCC Sacred Conversations to End Racism (SC2ER) class, I collected these resources from online sources. Although I blatantly lifted them, I have cited the source links. I… Read More

It’s time for white people to check our thinking. Right now. What are we thinking? I don’t mean, as in, What are we THINKING?? No, I mean, as in, what are we as white people a… Read More

This is my first blog post since everything has changed. Everything. So where to start? To begin with, today I am not going to talk about the politics of it all. I wanted to lay out the sequ… Read More

I am gaining my weight back. Again. Like just about every person who has ever battled their weight, I have tried every diet plan imaginable. I’ve taken diet pills–over the counte… Read More

I call this last post The Promise Forgiveness & Reconciliation because I want to end on a hopeful note. The Mystery of Forgiveness & Reconciliation, part 1 The Limits of Forgive… Read More