The Sweet Life

Hebron Colony has been in operation since 1947.  They excel in alcohol and addictive drug rehabilitation. It looks like they run a tight ship and deliver a good service in solid love.  From their website, they allude to a spartan lifestyle focused on building a relationship with Jesus the Christ (a.k.a. "the Messiah")  Quote: "Hebron is not interested in giving people more religion; instead, we teach people how to walk in a personal relationship with Christ and begin to learn how to apply God's principles in their everyday lives."    The word "Religion" means a lot of things to different people. However for our purposes, we can feel justified in focusing not on any particular cultural sense of the "proper gloss" for this word, but rather just go with the biblical usage of "religion."  Surprisingly, the Bible takes a rather dim view of "religion," with Jesus using it in several places as a negative social force, operatin...

 What does it mean to be a good substitute teacher?  That depends on where you are.  Are you working in a public school system?  Does that system have deep pockets, vulnerable to being sued at the drop of a hat?  Is the culture in a volatile state of existence? Does the surrounding culture sustain a poignant sense of racism?       Your options in exploring creative educational behavior, patterns and curricula are limited by the society in which your school is situated.  You can't do just whatever you want.  The society sets the broader picture, regardless of what others may say. You push the limits and you will find out truly who your overlord is.  That is the culture at large in a vibrant democracy just such as the United States has become.  Rome was said to be on the verge of collapse for several hundred years before it finally collapsed.  Doomsayers were publishing draconian pronouncements about the impending ...