tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post6707465087494319851..comments2023-09-30T06:31:56.558-07:00Comments on Living Stones Community: Morning has broken...living stoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07444266250380793763noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-71328516315051115842008-07-05T14:23:00.000-07:002008-07-05T14:23:00.000-07:00That is a beautiful post, Mom--I loved reading it ...That is a beautiful post, Mom--I loved reading it and hearing about it in different contexts. I loved that your trip that initially was not desirable became such a gift.<BR/><BR/>I have read Palmer's book on education, and it beautifully relates how knowledge cannot be outside of relationship. I think this is the key to what is so broken about the public school system right now. Students are not entering into relationship with their subjects, with their teachers, and with themselves--instead, the center of the classroom has become "The Test," and how can you be in relationship with something so contrived?Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09601572469394706378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-38517960177206981592008-07-03T18:38:00.000-07:002008-07-03T18:38:00.000-07:00Susan - a beautiful reflection. Thanks for sharin...Susan - a beautiful reflection. Thanks for sharing your experience. <BR/><BR/>Paul - thank you for the response you gave to Susan's post. I like the observation that knowledge is akin to relationship.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07032214119201061215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-59689299842361558462008-07-01T07:58:00.000-07:002008-07-01T07:58:00.000-07:00I haven't read that book, Paul, but it's going on ...I haven't read that book, Paul, but it's going on my list! Thanks for telling me about it.Rehobothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01098954661267096296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-26682170841341297642008-06-30T14:20:00.000-07:002008-06-30T14:20:00.000-07:00Susan, beautifully written. I think "relational li...Susan, beautifully written. I think "relational living" is one of the big things God is doing now. Knowledge really is a relationship. You don't master a subject or a concept, instead you have a relationship with texts, with authors, and with other people interested in the subject or concept. Have you read _To Know as We Are Know: Education as a Spiritual Journey_ by Parker Palmer? That book is very relevant to what you are talking about in this post and to what we are doing as a community. "Relational living" is largely the point of our community. Thanks for relating. --Paulliving stoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444266250380793763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4680282344162469445.post-12761080154861795582008-06-30T03:27:00.000-07:002008-06-30T03:27:00.000-07:00Susan, thank you for this beautiful reflection. It...Susan, thank you for this beautiful reflection. It is lovely and meaningful. It encourages and strengthens me in slowing down, being present and aware--and grateful. Rich blessings on you in living this way and sharing it with your students at Ambleside--<BR/>--Rickeyliving stoneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444266250380793763noreply@blogger.com