There have been two book discoveries that remain marked in my memory as being most serendipitous. The first—and I cannot recall how or from whom I discovered it—is the Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L’Amour. Ironically, it played a part in shaping my view of education. I say ironically because Louis Dearborn LaMoore […]
On Education: A Review
I recently reviewed On Education, for Ad Fontes, A Journal of Protestant Letters. On Education documents Abraham Kuyper’s involvement with the Netherlands’ seventy-year political battle over parents’ rights to choose schools representative of their religious convictions. On Education is more than just a helpful resource; it is a uniquely prescient guide for everyone concerned with […]
Oratio – First Sunday After Trinity
O God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers: and because through the weakness of our mortal nature, we can do no good thing without thee, grant vs the help of thy grace, that in keeping of thy Commandments, we may please thee, both in will and […]
Redeeming the Social Sciences: Why Custom Must Still Be Considered
In recent years, the trajectory and application of the social sciences from “explicitly prescriptive to overtly descriptive” has been tremendously concerning to thoughtful scholars interested in the science’s application to human flourishing. And in the movement for the renewal of Classical Christian Education, it has been suggested the social sciences be abandoned altogether for the […]
Why New England Needs Classical Education
On Wednesday, July 6th at 7:00 PM EDT, I will be joining Sarah Abbott, Tim Knotts, and Heatherly Sylvia, the founders of the Classical Learning Consortium for New England, for a live Zoom Panel Discussion. This will be the third in a series of live panel discussions where the hosts discuss a variety of topics […]
Oratio – Trinity Sunday
Keep us, O Lord, from the vain strife of words, and grant to us a constant profession of the truth. Preserve us in the faith, true and undefiled, so that we may ever hold fast that which we professed when we were baptized into the name of the Father, and of the Son and of […]
Narratives That are Useful for States
It is often said—and correctly, I think—to “follow the money” if you want to discover motive. But “useful for states” is another telling maxim worthy of our consideration. In Book III of The City of God, St. Augustine notes that Varro, a very learned heathen, all but admits that these stories (about men like Aeneas, […]
Oratio – Pentecost Sunday
O Holy Spirit of God, very God, who descended on Christ at the river Jordan and on the apostles in the upper chamber, we have sinned against heaven and before you; purify us again, we ask you, with your divine fire, and have mercy on us; for Christ’s sake. Amen. Nerses of Clajes1 Thomas C. […]
Oratio – Sunday after the Ascension
O God, the King of Glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto thy Kingdom in Heaven: We beseech thee leave us not comfortless; but send to us thine holy Ghost to comfort us, and exalt us unto the same place whither our saviour Christ is gone before, who liveth […]
Oratio – Sixth Sunday of Easter
O God, who by the life and death and rising again of your dear Son has consecrated for us a new and living way into the holiest of all: cleanse our minds, we ask you, by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that drawing near to you with a pure heart and conscience undefiled, we […]