touching eternity explores how teachers can make a long-term impact on the lives of their students. Written in an accessible narrative style, this case study of one high school art teacher and his former students invites readers to engage in fundamental and essential issues in teaching as well as in educational research. Rather than drawing conclusions, this book is uniquely designed to raise questions about the consequences of teaching and learning. “An extraordinary accomplishment. I know of no other book like it in the field of education. Its pages reflect Dewey’s observation that one of the greatest of educational fallacies is that the student learns only what he or she is being taught at the time.... This book breaks new ground.” —Elliot W. Eisner, Lee Jacks Professor of Education and Professor of Art, Stanford University “The strength of this masterfully written book lies in its determinate inconclusiveness. It leaves many questions hauntingly unanswered so that they continue to gnaw at the reader long after the book has been put down...Barone skillfully encourages teachers to debate these questions and interrogate these themes. touching eternity is a book that demands our attention.” —Peter McLaren, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, and author of Che Guevara, Paulo Freire, and the Pedagogy of Revolution “Now more than ever, we need a book that shows us the subtle but long-term effects of a teacher who tells students, ‘Follow your heart.’” —Susan Ohanian, author of Caught in the Middle: Nonstandard Kids and a Killing Curriculum

This book will offer daily encouragement to teachers as they serve on the battlefield of education. This book encourages teachers to keep their eyes fixed on the Lord through His Word and prayer. Victory is assured on this battlefield as we are faithful to keep our moments with Jesus a priority.

The different contexts in which we live demand different behavior and attitudes. The expectations of the various circles in which we move can create a strain on our integrity. These brief essays nudge us gently toward the central values around which our various interactions may be integrated at home, work, worship, and school, as well as in our social life and political life.

These essays, written over a period of several years, touch on the shared human values that are necessary for integrity: personal, relational, and societal. Taken together, they suggest that integrity requires integrating within ourselves the values based on love of God and fellowman. In some cases, they warn of the dangers of the disintegration of these values beginning with the individual soul and extending beyond.

Making education and career connections.