Registration is now open for our fall conference in Grand Rapids, MI on October 4 and 5. Ross Douthat will be the keynote speaker.
As C.S. Lewis noted in The Abolition of Man, the souls of our youth are not jungles that need pruning but deserts that need irrigation. We could start by getting them to hear music.
The Streak: A Legendary Semester
Our participation streak brought forward more diversity of opinion and expression in the classroom while forming the students into a team with a shared objective.
A Challenge in Charity: A Review of Deep Reading
To counter dogmatic worldviews, we should read prudently and widely across time periods and cultures and not avoid difficult content because of fear.
Sisyphus, Don’t Go it Alone
A Non-Believer Ponders Life, Death, and Staring into the Abyss
From Culture Warriors to Agrarians
Can the rest of us afford such inaction? Yes—and that’s the point. For the travesty of modernity is its constant demand—from left or right—for action, control, and efficiency. But the first step into an agrarian attitude is to step back from such demands.
The Consolation of Silence
Your presence is needed. Hush. Stay. Show your love by letting them grieve.
The Epic England Never Had: A Review of eÞanðun
But I reckon that eÞanðun can mix with Beowulf and Paradise Lost and not feel out of place.
Chicago Style Citation: False Futures and Utopias
The Chicago Manual of Style is not to blame for any of these trends. The editors’ decision does not shape as much as reflect our culture.
The Wild of God in Waterloo Township, Michigan
I found it to be profound and moving, the work of an author who is not lost in flights of fancy but who is deeply receptive to the world and its God.
It Takes a Lot of Tape to Raise Kids
Behind this type of play, though, is a genuine longing for beauty—a desire not only to appreciate the beautiful things one has seen or read or heard, but also to attempt to replicate them somehow.
Grief in Eternity
Yet at times, if only for a moment, I feel the shadow over my days is transformed into pure spirit. Such thoughts give me a surprising sense of quiet joy.
The Census Taker in a Church Pew, part 6
This rural mountain church continues to be good because it continues to do what is necessary.
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