Christian and Classical Schools Need Leaders.

“A leader is a dealer in hope.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
Many Christian and classical schools deal with anxiety surrounding leadership. The Christian and classical renewal continues to grow and schools continue to start-up. As with any movement, there must be those who step up and lead. Our schools need heads. Our movement [...]

Deliverance, Through Prayer

Paul, in prison, wrote this to the Philippians:
I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayer…
While I find these words encouraging, they are also rather challenging. I think my Christian readers all understand that prayer is “the Christian’s vital breath,” and that it is the true means by which God brings [...]

Prophet, Priest, and President?

I have a serious problem with this article about President Obama, even though I am conservative (I don’t know if I’m the kind of conservative this article promotes because I don’t know enough about them yet) and wish we had a different president. Do you share it with me?

Liturgical Art and Its Discontents

A friend of mine – a true artist of Christ – sent this quote to me and I would like to offer it to you for contemplation:
“Too many efforts to relate religion and the arts have stumbled because they attempt to channel the imagination into pious patterns. At the root of this failure is an [...]

How to Teach Reading – Up for grabs again

If you teach reading or are learning to teach it in teacher’s college, you need to be aware of what Robert Pondiscio calls Reading Wars II. I’ll be returning to this issue quite frequently as I have already begun to formulate responses, but please read this article to get an initial perspective.
If phonics vs. whole [...]

Perplexed, But Not In Despair

We can easily let these words from II Corinthians 4 slip past because of the amazing details in the rest of the passage. I have never been in ship wreck or scourged, so I can’t make a comparison, but to me, who has often been perplexed and has often beeen tempted to despair, these words are [...]

Two Underestimated Factors in Schooling (Part Two)

Yesterday I started this two part series on what I believe are the two most underestimated factors in schooling. The first factor concerns the economic model of schools and the second factor – the education of parents. If you haven’t read part one, please do so first before reading on.
Schools must take parent [...]

Kopff Defends Classical Educaton

My good friend Christian Kopf has written another tour de force defending a classical education. Take a look HERE.
The inability of our leaders to think soundly and speak persuasively affects all of us, because their decisions affect all of us. Leaders of a regime based on consensual institutions need the full panoply of verbal [...]

Some reasons to study Latin

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The Iliad Game

Here’s a fun looking game to help remember names from the Iliad. If the game doesn’t interest you, explore the site it comes from.