In Classical Christian Education, we believe in the power of story to form a person. We're all living in a story. We have the Biblical story, which is the ultimate story; the story of the cosmos, which God
Society & Culture
A collection of 5 posts
The Lost Art of Conflict
In C.S. Lewis’ On Reading Old Books we read: Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and specially liable to make certain mistakes. We all, therefore, need the books that will correct
The Meaning of Education
Yesterday, one of my students asked me why I reach for a dictionary (specifically, Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, from 1828) every time one of them asks the meaning of a word, instead of using
The Meaning and Purpose of Fellowship
Fellowship. I grew up in the Bible Belt where that word gets used a lot. It can be used as a noun: "Come to the Ladies Fellowship!", "After our quarterly business meeting, we'll have a
Considering the moral implications of self-checkout
I recently went to check out in a big-box home improvement store, only to find that every cash register had been replaced by self-checkout. While self-checkout is nothing new, and I've used it fairly regularly,