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Steven Levy
Apr 17, 20232 min read
What does Christian Deeper Learning look like in the classroom? Part 1: Curriculum
At our first Christian Deeper Learning conference at The Rock School in Gainesville, FL, we created a chart highlighting the difference...
Dan Beerens
Apr 14, 20232 min read
CDL Digest - 4.14.23
What are students needing today? I worked with a small group of educators yesterday and was surprised, but not really shocked, to hear...
Krista Wallace
Apr 12, 20233 min read
Logistics for Implementing Outdoor Learning
In 2003, my husband and I launched a new Christian school in a rural community of the Dominican Republic. We had been in the DR for...
Joanna Levy
Apr 10, 20234 min read
What’s Love Got to Do with It?
There’s an old Tina Turner classic called, What’s Love Got to Do with It? that won the Grammy for best song in 1984. Well, what does love...
Jim Peterson
Apr 5, 20233 min read
Prayer and Fasting
This spring, I started reading through "The First Nations Version" of the New Testament. The translators for the text have translated...
Peter Welle
Apr 3, 20233 min read
Teaching From Transformation
My first experience in the world of Christian Deeper Learning was a conflicted one. Years later, my return to the site of that first...
Talya Estey
Mar 31, 20235 min read
CDL Digest - 3.31.23
Today I would like to share with you some thoughts from Talya Estey at Edu-Deo that originally appeared in an At the Table Update #3 (as...
Kim Essenburg
Mar 29, 20233 min read
Sharing Joy, Sharing Life, Sharing Faith
Friday before school I watched our family grow to 6 grandchildren. No nurse, midwife, or doctor-assisted, but a judge directed the...
Krista Wallace
Mar 27, 202316 min read
A Conversation on Science and Faith with Faith Stults from BioLogos
Below is the edited transcript of a Learning to Serve podcast with Krista Wallace, CDL co-chair. Krista Wallace: We have Faith Stults...
Steven Levy
Mar 24, 20234 min read
CDL Digest - 3.24.23
Worshipping Well at CDL If you were not one of the 500 people who attended CDL 6 in Vancouver, we missed you. Photos and highlights have...
Dan Beerens
Mar 22, 20235 min read
What I Have Learned From My Ambivalent Career Path
This post was originally published on In All Things on June 28, 2016. I wrote it while serving as a part-time adjunct professor teaching...
Kim Essenburg
Mar 20, 20236 min read
What Type of Relationship with Staff Helps Students Flourish?
My 3 oldest grandchildren all started school this year: kindergarten and 2 different levels of preschool. What if, as they step out into...
Dan Beerens
Mar 17, 20233 min read
CDL Digest - 3.17.23
A Canadian Celebration of Christian Deeper Learning! Jet lag and a time change (springing forward and losing an hour of sleep) couldn’t...
Steven Levy
Mar 15, 20235 min read
Thinking Like Jesus
I loved reading Laura Swan’s blog, “What I’ve Learned from Traveling with Students – Part 1”. I’m a big fan of learning life lessons...
Kim Essenburg
Mar 13, 20233 min read
Nine Questions for English Teachers in a World with AI
The death of high school English was declared by The Atlantic last week. Cause of death: Open AI’s new ChatGPT. Enter any prompt from...
Dan Beerens
Mar 10, 20232 min read
CDL Digest - 3.10.23
We're Having a Pretty Great Time! As this is being written, we are in the middle of our conference in Vancouver. Below are some shots...
Jason Lohman
Mar 8, 20235 min read
Teaching On Purpose
In the small house in the small town where my grandparents lived, Saturday mornings meant coffee with all the neighbors. I would sit on...
Jessica De Wit
Mar 6, 20233 min read
Power In A Name
I can remember the speech given at my high school graduation. Can you? I typically find that I’m a rarity in remembering anything about...
Dan Beerens
Mar 3, 20233 min read
CDL Digest - 3.3.23
Ready to Go! In this next week 470+ educators will descend upon the campus of Surrey Christian Secondary for three days of learning,...
Kent Ezell
Mar 1, 20235 min read
The Strength of Evidence
I make a delicious hamburger. I think it is the best burger that you will ever taste. I choose to use top sirloin meat, and I season it...
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