Tim Dickel

Professor of Education, Primary Appointment, Creighton College of Arts and Sciences

Co-Director, Counselor Education Program, Creighton University

More about me:

I have been a faculty member in Education at Creighton since 1976. Right now, I am teaching full time, and my research interest is violence.  My teaching is in our master’s program in counseling where I am responsible for courses in life span development, counseling theories, group counseling, and community mental health. Within the teacher education program, I teach both the undergraduate and graduate courses in child and adolescent development, and for undergraduates in the Creighton College of Arts and Sciences, I teach a Senior Perspective course entitled Violence in America.

I have been married to Gail, a former art teacher in a local Catholic elementary school, since 1973, and we have three children. Our oldest is married, and she is a medical social worker at a local hospital. She and her husband have given us three magical grandchildren. Our middle child is president of a co-ed Catholic high school in Indiana, is married to a Catholic elementary principal, and they have given us a magical grandson. And, our youngest is in his sixth year as a fourth grade teacher for the Omaha Public Schools, and he has recently married a young woman who is a kindergarten teacher for the Omaha Public Schools. Gail and I love to travel as well as look at and make art. I am not the artist that she is, but I truly enjoy the art world.
Writing these reflections:

When I was asked to join the group of writers of the daily reflections, I was both flattered and apprehensive. I had never done something like this, and I was not sure how to start. I began to think about what makes homilies or scriptural worthwhile for me. I concluded that worth comes from the heart, and not from the head, and shared experiences are the ones that capture my attention and imagination. I get the most out of a homily when a priest talks about what the Word of God means to him, when he really shares himself, and when he does not get lost in his head or in theory. That is what I will try to do with my reflections. The style will be from my heart after lots of prayer and thought.
Other links to me:

e-mail: ctdickel@creighton.edu