With doodles and daydreams
When we should be learning
God sets our minds free
To feed deeper yearnings
Time can stand still
And imagination soars
The creative human spirit
Opens intuitive doors
Each subject has doorways
To wonder and awe
That can land young people
On their spiritual shore
There are doorways in numbers
In language and science
That open young minds
To a mystical guidance
And in training for rounders
Or when there’s a goal
The doors of eternity
Swing wide in the soul
In the heart of each child
And in every class
There’s a spring board to mystery
Look out for the splash!
The classroom is a setting where a spiritual curriculum is being worked through every day, albeit unconsciously. Wonder, awe, fascination, curiosity, self sacrifice, empathy and stillness are just below the surface in every classroom. The task of the teacher as a spiritual leader is to raise awareness of this deeper and eternal curriculum flowing beneath the tide of conscious learning in school. The wise classroom leader will ensure that they have some time to reflect on the spiritual dimension of their work. They will find that such reflection puts them in touch with their own spiritual life. Such inner awareness sensitises the classroom teacher to the spiritual dimension of their students and doorways to spirituality hidden in the curriculum that they are teaching. Then, the Gospel opens up giving both strength and direction to the classroom teacher. It is then that teachers recognise the lost sheep, the good samaritan, the prodigal son and the buried treasure within their classrooms.
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