A return

 It's been a long while since I've used writing as an outlet for thinking about Montessori pedagogy. But I have been using my voice in other ways.  When I was growing up, I was slow to speak and would more likely be found writing in a journal rather than talking to others. There are some tendencies (not in the Montessori sense) that stick with you, even into adulthood. But lately, even in shyness, I've been speaking more rather than writing; sometimes to my colleagues regarding the lessons I've learned about the classroom; sometimes to parents to remind them that they are doing the most difficult of jobs, and that I know they're child well. But what I'd forgotten is how the written word has a magic to it that cannot--or perhaps ought not--be forsaken. It is in the written word that the ideas of one person can be conveyed, at least in part, to a completely different person. And in that transfer, hearts can be shared as well as minds. It's how I learned about Montessori education in the first place, after all. And it's also how I learned about Jesus.

So I'm back. 

I still have much of my podcast equipment in storage, so it will be a moment before you hear my voice, but I intend to use what remains of the summer to continue putting a voice out into the ether of the "tangled Web" (The Inter-woe? The Scramble-net?😵). Much has changed in the world and in my world specifically. But the important things remain the same. I'm still a Montessorian. I'm still a black man (surprising). And the umbrella that covers it all is that my Lord and Savior Jesus still leads me. I only hope that I can be a more faithful follower.

See you soon.

-Jonathan