Over the past year, I have been working on one of my deficiencies. I have been active in my quest to conquer it, yet to no avail. I have come to the conclusion that this is the way that God has made me. God has made me to not really enjoy desserts. I have slaved, …
Category Archives: Education
The Liberal Man at Work
With the inauguration in the rear view, times don’t appear to be any less political, and they don’t seem to be changing any time soon. The world is ripe for reformation or revolution, and that is a dangerous line. Radicals are all around from both sides of the isle and neither know how to communicate …
Welcome to the Deep End
Looking at my current physique and my current level of activity, most would not guess that I played a lot of sports as a kid. I was full grown by the end of 6th grade. I was pegged as a basketball player at that time. I liked basketball. Being over a foot taller than your classmates …
Classical Education, What’s It Good For?
What Does Classical Education Get You? Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, Music, Astronomy. Plato, Charlotte Mason, Dorothy Sayers, Doug Wilson. Classical education is a lot of things. It has morphed and changed over the years, rising and falling through history. Each iteration adds another layer to it, putting more flesh onto the bones of the …
A Student Can’t Be Above Their Teacher
A few days ago, I was reading through Matthew 10, and I came to verse 24, paraphrasing it would be that a servant cannot be above their master. Great principle. In context, this is telling the disciples that they should be ready to be mocked, scorned, and disgraced because that is what the leaders were …
The Chicken is More Than the Egg
Earlier this year, we got some chickens. We had talked about getting them but hadn’t super planned about when. I thought later in the year. But suddenly, Becca found them at the Co-Op. The kids got excited. I saw dollar signs. I often think about what kind of life I want my kids to grow …
A Slowburn that Changed Your World
A little old man hobbles out of his house in a tizzy. His mailbox had just been knocked over by a child. The child, a thirty-something-year-old construction worker was just doing what he was told. “What’s the big idea?” screamed the senior in delirium. The young man just stood there, not sure how to respond …
Dust in the Eyes is Good for the Soul
Over the last few years of being a teacher, I have asked a lot of students to read mountains of pages that most Americans would see as a breaking of the Eighth Amendment. Some have balked at my requests. Some have silently refused them. Some have been brave enough to protest my requirements. While some …
New Year, Same Deficiencies
My wife commented yesterday that she needs to buy a new calendar to hang on our wall because she likes to see life and our events a month at a time. The kids had no idea why. Why would it end yesterday with nothing for today. Our talking kids are 7, 5, and 3 so …
The Prophecy and Warning of Captain Ahab
When I read a fiction book, I either want to enjoy the writing style of the author, be interested by the story being told, or I want to get encouragement to go out and do something more with my life. I like to learn and escape into another world for a bit as long it …