Keith Pentz
@menno1954.bsky.social
Early childhood education specialist—particular interest in infant and toddler development, Christian Anarchist, follower of Jesus, Mennonite, attempting to live a life of peace and love
“Today social justice represents one of the most serious challenges to the conscience of the world. The abyss between those who are within the world 'order' and those who are excluded is widening day by day.”
Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff
November 25, 2025 at 11:17 PM
“Today social justice represents one of the most serious challenges to the conscience of the world. The abyss between those who are within the world 'order' and those who are excluded is widening day by day.”
Leonardo Boff
Leonardo Boff
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
November 25, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.”
Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
“The important thing is not to think much but to love much; and so do that which best stirs you to love.”
Teresa of Avila
Teresa of Avila
“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.”
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
“We ought not to be weary of doing little things for the love of God, who regards not the greatness of the work, but the love with which it is performed.”
Brother Lawrence
Brother Lawrence
“Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them - all of these further a child's brain development and future potential, even in the earliest months.”
T. Berry Brazelton
T. Berry Brazelton
November 25, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“Reading to children at night, responding to their smiles with a smile, returning their vocalizations with one of your own, touching them, holding them - all of these further a child's brain development and future potential, even in the earliest months.”
T. Berry Brazelton
T. Berry Brazelton
The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.”
Lev S. Vygotsky
Lev S. Vygotsky
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider.”
Lev S. Vygotsky
Lev S. Vygotsky
“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul.”
Friedrich Frobel
Friedrich Frobel
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul.”
Friedrich Frobel
Friedrich Frobel
“The discipline imposed on citizens by the bourgeois state makes them into subjects, people who delude themselves that they exert an influence on the course of events.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
“The discipline imposed on citizens by the bourgeois state makes them into subjects, people who delude themselves that they exert an influence on the course of events.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
“The first step in emancipating oneself from political and social slavery is that of freeing the mind.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 AM
“The first step in emancipating oneself from political and social slavery is that of freeing the mind.”
Antonio Gramsci
Antonio Gramsci
Prophetic!!!
“There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.”
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
“There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.”
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Prophetic!!!
“There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.”
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
“There is a good deal of evidence that the United States is moving to the right, and that the main force behind the movement is a resurgence, in a new form, of racial prejudice.”
Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005)
“We need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible.”
Henry Giroux
Henry Giroux
November 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
“We need to educate students to be critical agents, to learn how to take risks, engage in thoughtful dialogue, and taking on the crucial issue what it means to be socially responsible.”
Henry Giroux
Henry Giroux
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
November 23, 2025 at 3:59 AM
“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Attention all “Christian nationalists”:
“Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world.”
John 18:36a
“Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world.”
John 18:36a
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Attention all “Christian nationalists”:
“Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world.”
John 18:36a
“Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world.”
John 18:36a
“When Satan offers to give him all the kingdoms of the earth, Jesus refuses, but the church accepts.”
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM
“When Satan offers to give him all the kingdoms of the earth, Jesus refuses, but the church accepts.”
Jacques Ellul
Jacques Ellul
“For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’”
Matthew 25:35-36
Matthew 25:35-36
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
“For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.’”
Matthew 25:35-36
Matthew 25:35-36
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world.”
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
“We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.”
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 AM
“We cannot live in a world interpreted for us by others. An interpreted world is not a hope. Part of the terror is to take back our listening, to use our own voice, to see our own light.”
Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard of Bingen
“We must have the love that exists among children, for with them love rules without any special purpose.”
Eberhard Arnold
Eberhard Arnold
November 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
“We must have the love that exists among children, for with them love rules without any special purpose.”
Eberhard Arnold
Eberhard Arnold
“Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.”
James Cone
James Cone
November 20, 2025 at 2:17 AM
“Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.”
James Cone
James Cone
“Jesus wants us to understand four things:
First, that He Himself is our ground…Second, that He guards us and keeps us safe when we are in the midst of sin…
Third, that He guards us with care and kindness…
And fourth, that His presence is always with us.”
Julian of Norwich
First, that He Himself is our ground…Second, that He guards us and keeps us safe when we are in the midst of sin…
Third, that He guards us with care and kindness…
And fourth, that His presence is always with us.”
Julian of Norwich
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
“Jesus wants us to understand four things:
First, that He Himself is our ground…Second, that He guards us and keeps us safe when we are in the midst of sin…
Third, that He guards us with care and kindness…
And fourth, that His presence is always with us.”
Julian of Norwich
First, that He Himself is our ground…Second, that He guards us and keeps us safe when we are in the midst of sin…
Third, that He guards us with care and kindness…
And fourth, that His presence is always with us.”
Julian of Norwich
“Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning and how to learn.”
Loris Malaguzzi
Loris Malaguzzi
November 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning and how to learn.”
Loris Malaguzzi
Loris Malaguzzi
“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.”
John Dewey
John Dewey
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
“Learning is not the product of teaching. Learning is the product of the activity of learners.”
John Dewey
John Dewey
“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.”
Oscar Romero
Oscar Romero
November 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
“When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises.”
Oscar Romero
Oscar Romero
“Carry each other's burdens and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
Galatians 6:2
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“Carry each other's burdens and so you will fulfill the law of Christ.”
Galatians 6:2
Galatians 6:2