Parker J. Palmer Biographical Detail Important Ideas pertaining=
to
Religious Education Insightful Quotes “We teach what we ar=
e.” “Good teaching comes=
from
the identity and integrity of the teacher.” (2000) “When I do not know
myself, I cannot know who my students are. I will see them through a gl=
ass
darkly, in the shadows of my unexamined life – and when I cannot =
see
them clearly, I cannot teach them well” (1998) Vocation does not come fro=
m a
voice "out there" calling me to become something I am not. It
comes “What a long time it=
can
take to become the person one has always been!” (2000) “I don’t want =
to be
a 70 year-old man who doesn’t know who he is when the books are o=
ut
of print and the audiences are no longer applauding. I’ve decided to retire in
order to make space for whatever else is out there” (Faith Alive,
2004). Websites www.infed.org/thinker=
s/palmer.htm www.couragere=
newal.org/parker www.spiritualityandpractice.com<=
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from a voice "in here" calling me to be the person I was born=
to
be, to fulfill the original selfhood given me at birth by God” (2=
000)