Category Archives: Teaching

During church Sunday, Sara asked those of us that work in the public school system to relate a highlight/success of their first week of school. Here is one that I was excited to share. It is a teaching strategy idea that she gave to me that really worked in my high school classroom! As background,Continue reading “Harry Potter, my classroom Iguana”

With the celebration of the birth of Jesus we are reminded that God bridged the gap between us and Him with the birth of his Son, Jesus. In the Old Testament it was prophesied according to Isaiah 9:7: Of the increase of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign onContinue reading “JESUS, The Package Which Keeps Giving JOY”

This morning Pastor Sean spoke about Joseph.The sermon was so enlightening, I wanted to share it with the daily lilies. We don’t know a lot about Joseph, but as the Pastor spoke, I learned that we are a lot like him. Most of us have a plan for our lives. We have it all laidContinue reading “Hear from God and Do It God’s Way”

Task of Advent “Advent is concerned with that very connection between memory and hope which is so necessary to man. Advent’s intention is to awaken the most profound and basic emotional memory within us, namely, the memory of the God who became a child. This is a healing memory; it brings hope. The purpose ofContinue reading “Seek That Which is Above”

This morning Pastor Sean was talking about the African impala and how they can jump high and forward as an inborn survival mechanism. The impala is known to jump about ten feet high. This high jump propels the impala to land about thirty feet from the spot where it starts. With this type of jumping,Continue reading “Step Out in Faith”

This is National Education Week and the NEA sent us some great quotes from great people concerning teaching and education. I thought we might enjoy these. …A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ____Henry Brooks Adams …Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a greatContinue reading “Great quotes”

Genesis 6:5-8 The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil. So the Lord was sorry he had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke his heart. And the Lord said “I will wipe thisContinue reading ““The Wake-UP Call””

I was reading in Jeremiah this morning and I thought of all of us on The Daily Lily. “I knew you before I formed you in my mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”(NLT) At the bottom of the page it reads (1:5)Continue reading “God has a Purpose for your Life”

While away on vacation, I had the opportunity to work in my mother-in-law’s beautiful rose garden. I pulled the weeds, clipped off the old roses that had dropped their pedals, and trimmed away dead branches. In a matter of a week, I could see new buds starting to form. What a beautiful sight and fragranceContinue reading “The Roses/Lilies of God”