Fr. Christian Mathis | May 25, 2010
If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out my friend Mark’s blog, Traveling Teacher 2010, I encourage you to do so. His idea is to highlight the goodness of people by traveling around the world, relying only on the generosity of others. Those who have been following his blog have voted that he travel [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | April 27, 2010
Social media is a strange animal, especially for members of the clergy like myself. Some days I am amazed by what is read into the things I write that were never intended. Yesterday was one of those days. Since all or most of the participants in a recent facebook encounter read this blog from time [...]
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Fr. Christian Mathis | August 24, 2009
This morning I learned of an interesting project that one of my childhood neighbors is attempting. Mark Dickinson, who is currently a teacher at Southeast Whitfield High School in Dalton, Georgia is attempting an experiment to discover how far one can rely upon the generosity of strangers. His blog begins with the question, “Could a [...]
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Tags: charity, generosity, Mark Dickinson, teaching, travel, Traveling Teacher