Onsite Dispatch: Faithful Futures Summit
What I learned last week despite being stuck in a hotel room with Covid
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Formation lessons from a month with my daughter
How a post-layoff stint as stay-at-home dad is reforming my assumptions and practices
Friday Recs: Guided learning, adventurous leaders
Plus a tentative podcast recommendation
Friday Recs: Pondering video pods, plus a show I've enjoyed
All about that audio—plus a little self promotion
Formation v. Education, Part 1
Does it really matter what we call it?
Friday Recs: Interesting convergences
A great new event, a surprisingly mainstream spiritual convo, and more
A practice for noticing & resetting
"One weird trick" that actually works
Noticing (In)Attentive Moments
Vacation Mode as a metaphor for the broader spiritual journey
(Monday) Media Recs: A playground, a video, a mantra
Plus a scheduling announcement
'Problem-posing' education makes room for the Spirit
A fondly remembered example from my youth storytelling research
Important Learning Theories for Formation Leaders
Bringing a (light-touch) faith lens to some of the most important ideas in learning
Friday Recs: RIP reading
Plus an offer to swap 30-minute consultation convos
'Pedagogy Moments' in action
But you probably shouldn't call them 'Pedagogy Moments'—or anything at all
Teaching Transparently
Key WHYs for sharing the HOWs of learning
Some professional news
Fair to say it's unambiguously good for this newsletter!
Forming Finitude: Dropping the ball, intentionally
Getting (fewer) things done
New Conversation on AI, Comms, & Learning
Plus lots of accumulated media links
Forming Finitude
Spiritual practices for mere mortals, part 1
Media Notes: A thoughtful, humane life with tech
And other post-vacation reading and listening recs
A Connective Mantra for Disconnecting Times
Going back to the Latourian well for more social inspiration
Media Recs
What I've been reading and listening to while I get my life back together
Saying Goodbye (& Hello) to a Formation Course, Part 1
Gratitude for five years of student insight in Adapting Christian Formation
Grief and the Unspeakable Gift of Photos
On the wisdom of mourning rituals and the stories evoked by images
Jesus the Teacher and the Hard Row
A metaphor for the value of keeping our distance?