David Black posted on November 04, 2009 08:22
In my last post I shared how I intended to keep the importance of new learning in front of our faculty in staff by sharing new things which I recently learned with the group and encouraging to share their new learning as well. It is hoped through this process that we build a culture of inquiry and personal professional development, modeling for our students what it means to be a life-long learner.
My wife Gail, who is the music director at our church, took this challenge seriously, and shared the following item that was a part of her new learning:
On Sunday morning, I learned that one of the musical traditions of All Saints' Day is to sing a Te Deum. If you read thru the Te Deum in the Matins service in Lutheran Service Book (that burgundy-brown hymnal thingy :-), you get yet another perspective on those verses. Very cool! It's on pp. 223-5. Canticles # 939, 940, and 941 are also based on the Te Deum.
The second thing I learned is that the First Article to the Creed, the First Commandment, and the First Petition to the Lord's Prayer are all connected. I love how clever God is!
Can you imagine how rich our experience as educators would be if we all took the time to intentionally learn and grow and then share what we've learned with our colleagues? What a blessing that would be!
What new things have you recently learned? Share your new learning as a comment to this post!