A Well-Performed Play
Theatre is an approachable art form, and as such, it has an integral place in a well-rounded education.
Why Latin?
At least once a week, someone asks me, “Why study Latin?” or “Why do you like Latin?” or “Why is Latin still useful?”
Classical Mathematics: Engendering a Love of Learning
We want mathematical education to be a humane process– not torture. We want mathematics to engender a love for learning. We want mathematics to prepare our children for creative and pragmatic thinking, for enduring understanding.
Music is Useless
I began the school year by admitting to my students that music is useless. It’s not necessary to human survival and serves no definite biological purpose, and yet it is precisely music—along with other so-called “useless” things like art and theater—that makes us human.
Preparing Our Hearts For Advent
In order to be in the right mindset for this season, we need to make an effort to schedule time for prayer, silence and meditation.
Thomas Hardy, “The Distracted Preacher”
The Distracted Preacher turns a propositional truth of Jesus — “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s” (Mt. 22:15-22) — into an entertaining and educational story.
Where Does Your Allegiance Lie? A Reflection on Revelation 13.
The overarching theme of the book of Revelation is allegiance – where does your loyalty lie? Who will you worship when faced with persecution or even death?