Publications and Other Musings

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Now onto things I’ve actually written…

Publication Archives

I write for Christianity Today most frequently, but occasionally for other outlets as well, including the New York Times and The Atlantic and The Free Press.

Education Series

Right now, I’m writing an education series for Christianity Today, exploring nationwide challenges and trends that affect all of us through the lens of what I see happening in my own community, Midland, Texas. I’ll add links here as I complete pieces; but I invite you to join the conversation. Write to me at education@christianitytoday.com and share what you see in your communities, both glimmers of hope and causes for concern. 

  • Intro: Are the Public Schools Falling Apart?
    “Last month, on opening weekend at a new Bass Pro Shops store about 15 minutes from my home, a group of men started fighting, reportedly because one of them had taken too long in the bathroom. Viral videos that spread in the aftermath show at least five or six men throwing punches and pushing each other down underneath the mounted heads of bison and bears and other wild beasts.” Keep Reading
  • EdTech: The School Tech Situation is Worse Than You Think
    “When my youngest was in early elementary and just learning to read, she’d rarely come home with books. Instead, I’d find her clicking randomly on words in a reading practice game. Once, I asked what she was doing. “Oh,” she said, “after you click the wrong word three times, it tells you the answer and then lets you play the game!” Keep Reading (Part 1 of 3)
  • EdTech: Death By a Thousand Error Messages
    “According to some older students I know, coolmathgames.com easily sneaks past the program though it’s more arcade than algebra. Meanwhile, these students tell me, GoGuardian blocks TED Talks they’ve been assigned to watch for English class (flagged: possible entertainment) and articles their health teacher assigned them to read (flagged: sensitive content). As one student told me, and demonstrated with a screen recording, “They can’t seem to block slime videos, but they block videos about trade relations with China.” Keep Reading (Part 2 of 3)
  • EdTech: Turn Toward Each Other and Away From the Screen
    “We implemented tech-forward education with little thought for the consequences, dreaming about what could be possible instead of carefully discerning what would be wise. Now we solve each tech problem with a new tech solution, layering program on program and screen on screen and disregarding how poorly many of these solutions play out in real life, at real schools, for real children.” Keep Reading (Part 3 of 3)

Other Work

Here are some of my other personal favorites essays and reported pieces through the years:

And finally an index of pretty much all my other work that only I would ever find useful…