READING TEACHER

It took me a long time to realize this, but I am at heart a reading teacher.

Now, I was never interested in the process of teaching someone to read in the kindergarten sense of recognizing letters and the sounds they stand for and the various ways those sounds are blended...

But I have long enjoyed teaching others how to read for comprehension. 

Originally my focus was on great classical literature, but in time it grew to include non-fiction as well.

Great fiction feeds the soul. Non-fiction feeds the intellect. 

Fiction is a great place to practice empathy and understanding another's perspective. Non-fiction is a great place to practice critical thinking. 

The Bible just so happens to be the very quintessence of both fiction and non-fiction. 

I always enjoyed teaching reading at the high school level - but it wasn't because I was in love with Shakespeare. My ultimate goal was always to develop my students' reading skills in order for them to gain more from reading their own Bibles.   

(Only God knows if I ever succeeded in that - outside of my own 4 kids.) 

I think this is why I have found so much fulfillment in preaching. 

I am a teacher at heart. And there's no subject more important.