Faith & Meaning

Cross Currents

An Arrupe Virtual media platform to share and discuss important topics in education.

Jesus Was a Teenager

Routines. We all have them, and, for the most part, they are a healthy part of productive living. Having things scheduled ensures that...

Keeping Your Light Lit

There is much nuance to the English language, and recently in my reading, I’ve been paying a good deal of attention to the articles that...

The Miracle and Mystery of High School

“To raise any child is to live in the constant presence of a miracle and a mystery.” Wow. Jim McDermott hit the nail on the head with...

Operating in Darkness

BEFORE YOU BEGIN: Please be aware that this article uses the word grope. I recognize that, used in a different context, this word elicits...

Convenience, Spheres, and the Problem With Movements - Part 2

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Convenience, Spheres, and the Problem With Movements - Part 1

I need to roll away the stone. Allow me to explain. My new kitchen countertops were installed this week, and I’m a little embarrassed...

Be a Doer

Recently, AVLI began working on a new foreign language initiative. As new things go, it has taken a great deal of effort to make what...

CHARITY AND INDIFFERNCE (The Art of Giving the Benefit of the Doubt )

I think it’s fair to say that things have gotten a bit weird in schools. What started in the Spring of 2020 as a universal sense of...

Do I Really Want To Be Holy?

I pray the rosary. I admit this with trepidation as I can feel judgment being formed by readers, some thinking “he’s one of us” and...

Sure and Certain Hope

Of all of the prose used in rituals of the Catholic Church, I find the most beautiful to be a simple statement the priest utters near the...

Finding Faith on a Cartesian Plane

I want to revisit via a circuitous route my last post about Faith serving as a person’s bedrock - nuancing slightly my previous analogy....

A Voice Cries Out in the Wilderness

Life is hard right now. We live in an action-oriented society where we are encouraged to “just do it”, and to “make it happen.” Young...