We are last post look at the Giving USA 2019 Report. Part 1 summarized where 2018 generosity came from. Part 2 looked at where the charitable dollars went in America. So, where do we go from here? I will start with a quote from a Recent Post by Clif Christopher of Horizons… Read more »
Mark Muehl
Giving USA 2019 Report on 2018, Part 2: Where is the Giving Going
We are on Part 2 of a three-part look at the Giving USA 2019 Report. While Part 1 summarized where 2018 generosity came from, this post will look at where the charitable dollars went in America.What the report tells us from 2018 trends: 29% of all giving went to religion. This is… Read more »
Giving USA 2019 Report on 2018, Part 1
Every year, Giving USA produces a report on charitable giving in America. The 2019 full report came out about a month ago. Giving USA, the longest-running and most comprehensive report of its kind in America, is published by Giving USA Foundation, a public service initiative of The Giving Institute. It is researched… Read more »
The IT Girls
This Summer, CLHS graduate Hayley Grisez is running her second year of The IT Girls, a technology camp for middle school girls. In spring last year, CLHS tech services director and teacher Scott Storm recommended Hayley for the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Award and won… Read more »
Addressing the Anxiety Problem
In a recent post entitled Three Ways to Relieve Teen Anxiety Today, Tim Elmore provides insights and suggestions for addressing the growing issue of teen anxiety. As usual, Mr Elmore’s article provides observations and input from research and interviews of educators throughout the United States. In this article he notes three major… Read more »
Where Do You Turn
Google? Youtube? A subscribed podcast? Who do we go to when we need answers? When we were young (very young), it was parents. “Mommy, help!” may have been a plea for something to eat or to get out of a troublesome situation. Middle school found a time when parents didn’t have answers… Read more »
Persistence
“I do not like that Sam I am.” “I would not eat them here or there, I would not eat them anywhere.” In Dr. Seuss’s book Green Eggs and Ham, an unnamed person insists that eating green eggs and ham could not and would not ever happen. Not only does he make… Read more »
Trumpets Will Sound
1 Corinthians 15: 51,52- Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. Why… Read more »
For You.
It’s personal, isn’t it? It’s not glitzy. It’s not novel in any way. But “for you” are two simple words that make it clear what Jesus is all about and what Holy Week demonstrates.If there is any doubt of Jesus selflessness or any doubt about his total fulfillment of all things for… Read more »
Teaching Waiting for Life and Faith
Waiting. One can conclude it gets us in line with God’s will. In his book, Therefore I Have Hope, Cameron Cole writes about the death of his young son. The following is an excerpt from the book and describes what he determined was the only way he and his wife could heal… Read more »