Life and learning

Why Riddles?

This past school year some Math Masters and I met weekly to solve a single riddle or problem together. This is how it worked:  Math Masters received a weekly email which contained a single riddle or math problem Math Masters solved the riddle at home over the weekend, or on Monday morning Math Masters met […]

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It’s easy to become complacent about our calling. It can frequently become the object of our scorn; the thing we want to “hurry up and get done”. But the great thing about having a calling, is just that. We were called to it. We didn’t trip into it. Everyone’s looks different. Mine happens to be

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Why Adventure?

Have you ever wondered how the word “adventure” is connected to the word “advent”? What exactly is going on there? The etymology of words is an interesting branch of study which quickly leads into rabbit trails and time warps. The word advent, as most of you know, comes from the latin verb “advenire” which is

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