Rise to the Moment of Truth Monday, December 2, 2024

Tag: KRISSIE ALLEN

File 28aff21e 6548 4085 a86f b5af09f3fbac Alabama News
Krissie Allen: Instead of a return to 'normal,' let's try for 'better'

It was an uplifting sight last week to see a video of a Las Vegas elementary school erupting with cheers, squeals and dance in response...

File 6d71c4c9 fc0c 4d6c b453 1b9aeaa4cfb8 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: There ARE more important things than COVID

Several weeks ago, my fifth grader was given a research assignment on the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. As I helped her search for...

File 9aa105c8 64e3 4662 95d0 d037d966e2d2 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: A great opportunity in the "Great Resignation"

As employees resign from jobs at record rates as part of “The Great Resignation,” many are looking for more meaning from their work...

File a9ebcd9c 3c96 4d01 84e2 4eb998387a80 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: Prioritize the offense, or taking the battle inside out

Christians have been increasingly playing defense in society’s culture wars. Much of this is owed to progressives attempting to mock,...

File 598c88ca ea75 4f24 9087 2bdf140f5866 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: CASEL demonstrates the limits of Social Emotional Learning

There comes a time when we all have to come to terms with our limits — with what is our responsibility, our role, or even our capability....

File bf503c41 d0cc 4424 96de e110cf6f3658 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: When Congress fails the Gilligan’s Island test

Years ago, one of my professors told me about a “Gilligan’s Island test” that helps discern if actions are moral or immoral. Legend...

File dc4121a4 6316 4940 b9e0 ad7c994ab0d9 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: A toast to nostalgia

Over the last few weeks, a number of fond childhood memories have resurrected from my past; simple memories such as snuggling under...

File c470ce9b f473 4a24 af20 e8d92226497a Alabama News
Krissie Allen: The value of hypocrisy

“Embrace hypocrisy.” That was the message delivered by the late Pulitzer Prize-Winning Columnist William Raspberry over 25 years ago...

File fac8da3e 42e7 4ece badb 4cb49b2c5944 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: America’s Negativity Crisis

While I was growing up, my dad would wake me up in the morning by knocking on my bedroom door and saying in his most upbeat voice,...

File 8e090526 3fb9 4e55 80de a93e885d7b14 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: The competing visions hanging in the balance of Dobbs

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor posed a telling question during last week’s oral arguments in Dobbs v....

File 26cfaa9b b1e6 4698 9b53 d09b61ff3d34 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: The enchanting wisdom in Coach Saban’s epic rant

As culturally blasphemous as it is for this Alabamian to admit, I am not ordinarily enchanted by sports. Even after Alabama’s miraculous...

File 606e7227 0b44 4aa0 bbac 947681d3ae50 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: Nudging closer to the adult table (a Thanksgiving proposal)

Growing up the youngest of five children, I was often relegated to the children’s table for my family’s Thanksgiving meals. At that...

File 9d074f0f c25d 4c58 b73d eecc71b7261c Alabama News
Krissie Allen: The power of 'probably' in a new approach to COVID-19 messaging

Growing up the youngest of five children, I didn’t have the benefit of having parents who had time to cater to my every want. I therefore...

File 3ab2f985 a3d9 4ad8 8daf 3f4e08482761 Alabama News
Krissie Allen: A time for dirty school leadership

When I entered the teaching profession after a short stint practicing law, the first principal I ever worked for surprised me. Even...