On Prayer: An Essay
You are not here to verify, Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity Or carry report. You are here to kneel Where prayer has been valid. ~ T.S. Eliot,…
Politics, Children, and a “Culture of Life”
In L.M. Montogomery’s beloved children’s book series Anne of Green Gables, the spritely Anne eventually marries and settles down with Gilbert Blythe. They purchase a house and…
Young Adult Literature and the Purpose of Art
A glance at the middle-grade and young adult shelves at Barnes and Noble or the local library will tell you of the unhealthy state of literature for…
The Blessings of the Unplugged Life
In the last few weeks, my life has been brimming with various commitments and changes. To name a few, my husband and I moved, we then traveled…
On Science, Smallness, and Wonder
One of the aspects of my current teaching job that I have most dreaded – before the school year and during it – is teaching science. Though…
Fairy Stories and the Eucatastrophe of Shakespeare
I have spent several weeks preparing to lead a weekly after-school club on Shakespeare. In the process of doing so, I have returned to some of Shakespeare’s…
The Good, The Beautiful, and Cursive
Some weeks ago, as I was explaining my role as a teacher at a classical school to several peers, we began to discuss the topic of cursive…
Becoming as a Child
And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, And said, “Verily I say unto you, unless ye be converted…
Fear Not, It Is I
Lord, purge our eyes to see within the seed a tree, within the glowing egg a bird, within the shroud a butterfly: till taught by such, we…
How Christian Schools Can Save the True Meaning of Christmas
It’s a regular Wednesday afternoon in mid-December, and I walk to the teacher’s lounge to pick up copies of books. Upon entering the teacher’s lounge, lo and…
What is True Leisure?
What do you do with your free time? What do you do with the precious minutes after work and before dinner? And what about the free moments…
Wisdom and Hospitality in the Classroom
In the book of Proverbs – a book addressed especially to young people, particularly young men – Solomon commends wisdom as a “lady.” Lady Wisdom is a…
On Order and Education
At the beginning of Augustine’s theodicy, “On Order,” he writes to Zenobius, the friend to which he addressed to the work: There is an order to be…
Hope for the Sacred Vision: A Review of “Toward a Sacramental Poetics”
Toward A Sacramental Poetics. Edited by Regina M. Schwartz and Patrick J. McGrath. South Bend: University of Notre Dame Press, 2021. Commuting into the city on…
Framing the Wisdom of Humility: A Review of “A Time For Wisdom” by Paul McLaughlin and Mark McMinn
Paul T. McLaughlin and Mark R. McMinn. A Time for Wisdom. West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Press, 2022. In his 1943 poem cycle Four Quartets, T.S. Eliot…