Learning Every Day by David Wilson, EdD

A biblical perspective on waiting

“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed coming down from the mountain, the people gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, ‘Come, make us gods that shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’” –Exodus 32:1 (New King James Version) Do you remember the biblical story of how the people of Israel grew tired of waiting when Moses was atop Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments? We could learn a lot from how they dealt with such an experience, because they provided a perfect example of exactly what not to do . Israel’s time of waiting evolved into something very troubling. It became a time of delay, a time of impatience, a time of worry and fear, a time of panic, a time of acting in ignorance, a time of being gullible, and a time of looking to leaders instead of to God Himself. As soon as “Moses delayed coming down from the mountain,” the people began...

Insights from school leaders

The following column ran in Northwest Arkansas newspapers on April 25, 2018 My time as an educator was extremely rewarding, enriching, and eye-opening. At every stop along the way, I had the privilege of working under a supervisor or supervisors who taught me a lot about life in general and about education in particular. The following paragraphs have some good nuggets of wisdom that I learned from each. It is good stuff to consider, whether you are an educator or whether you just want to be a big help wherever you work. During my first position as an administrator, my immediate supervisor was a lady just a couple of years older than me, and she made a great impact upon my life and on my career because of her encouragement. “I rely on you more than you know,” she told me more than once. And she would often add, “I don’t know what we would do without you.” It wasn’t hard at all for me to be loyal to a boss like that. Another supervisor once said, “Some stude...

Wisdom from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

FAITH Originally printed in the April 4, 2018 issue of the Washington County Enterprise Courier: On April 4, 1968 in Memphis, an assassin’s bullet brought an abrupt end to the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. That was 50 years ago, and since that time, we have continued to grapple with how our society will exhibit Christian virtues in our dealings with one another. If we studied the speeches and the sermons delivered by Dr. King, and if we sought to apply what he taught in the spirit in which those messages were delivered, it would go a long way towards bringing about peaceful living during today’s tumultuous times. Often after a prominent person is gone, people will seek to use him or her for their own purposes. In the example of King, over the years there have always been people who have said what he would approve of or what he would not. And in the process, they sometimes put words in the mouth of a person who can no longer communicate with us for...

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