by Janel Breitenstein | May 27, 2016 | children, education, free download, Ideas, kids, methods, practical, Printables and Freebies, teachers/educators
I’ve been energized by the enthusiasm for this super-cool rubric (evaluation tool) for peer, self, and even teacher evaluation form for speeches and oral presentations. So I wanted to follow it up with another tool I’ve just created for use with my own...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 24, 2016 | Africa, challenging, difficulty, discouragement, emotion, Gratitude, love, Parenting, quotes
A friend of mine who eventually lost his wife, and the mother of his four children, to Lou Gehrig’s disease once recalled to me a profound moment with God. While he still cared for her as her body spiraled downward, he had lain on his bed, overcome by loss. But God...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 20, 2016 | enduring love, faith, friendships, Gospel, helping others, love, quotes, relationships, staying in love, true success
“I am still tempted to assess the ‘good’ of a day by whether it pleased me versus whether I pleased God and was loving toward others. I am still tempted to live as if I own my life and still fail to remember that I was bought with a...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 17, 2016 | Africa, challenging, compassion, Culture, difficulty, discouragement, Gratitude, kids, Parenting, poverty
It was one of those weeks when the phrase from the Morton salt box from my childhood had to occasionally be batted from my mind: When it rains, it pours. It started on the way to the airport, where my husband would fly to Kenya for two weeks. (Perhaps you’re...
by Janel Breitenstein | May 13, 2016 | closeness and intimacy, Discussion Questions, friendships, practical, Questions to take your relationships deeper, relationships, time together, true success
New to these questions? See these notes first, along with Set #1 . Talk about a realization (or more than one) that changed your perspective and understanding of a past event. (i.e. I found out the parents of that bully in school were getting a divorce. I...
