March 7

Why slice?  I like to slice to renew my zeal for writing.  Yes, I model writing for my students everyday, but I don't write my thoughts everyday.  Also, I enjoy reading what wonderful things others are doing in their rooms.  Things they try that work and sometimes in moments of honesty we tell what isn't working.  I slice because teaching is the toughest job in America and some days I leak.  There are those days when I loose my zeal because the things that aren't teaching take so much time. 

George Verwer once said, "I often tell the story about D L Moody who would emphasize the need to be filled with the Spirit again and again. One day when asked, "Mr. Moody why do you keep saying we have to be filled again and again?" he replied, "because I leak". Thank God for free refills."

I think the analogy applies.  I slice because I leak! I need that sense of community that comes in this forum.  The refilling of my zeal for teaching!

Do you leak?