Summer is upon us, and I want to ask you to consider again for what purpose – or better yet for Whom – are you educating your children? David Goodwin, the President of the ACCS, has written a clear call …
Romans 12:2 says, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” For too long in my …
In an article titled, “Traditional Church Calendar 101,” Timothy Pauls of the Ambrose School in Moscow, ID, takes a few moments to remind us of one of the particular blessings of the rich Christian history in which we stand: The …
In a brief post describing a key point from a talk by George Grant, Doug Wilson encouraged fellow Christians that the increase of trials in our lives is by no means an indication that things are going dangerously awry. Instead, …
In a blog post of the same name, Mr. Casey Shutt of the Academy of Classical Christian Studies in Oklahoma City exhorts classical Christian educators to be cultivating a winsome, Christian rhetoric in their students. One of our primary aims …
United we stand; divided we fall. This has been an American mantra since our country’s inception, but the saying actually finds its earliest origin in the works of the fable writer Aesop – who, by the by, lived a long …
This year, I have had the privilege of teaching 7th-9th grade composition. I consider it a privilege for three reasons. First, teaching is not a task into which I enter lightly. James 3:1 reminds all of us as Christian educators, …
In an article entitled, “Education and the Art of Pastries,” Christopher Maiocca argues that “the best way forward [in the education of our own children] is undoubtedly backwards.” What he means by this is simply that the only way of …
“And being good is an adventure far more violent and daring than sailing round the world.” – G.K. Chesterton We want more for our own children, but are we willing to lead them into it? Jesus once said, “A disciple …
In a brief article of the same title, Dr. Louis Markos of Houston Baptist University helps us to see how Christians of a forgotten era laid hold of the true, the good, and the beautiful in the culture around them …