Joshua Gibbs

An Astoundingly Simple, Accurate, And Damning Explanation Of Pornography

From the October 31, 2022 issue of The New Yorker.

Love What Lasts: First Look

Advance reader copies of Love What Lasts are out for review now. The pre-sale should begin fairly soon.

A Classical Education Is Not About Finding Your Passions

“Parent: High school is the time and place to figure out who you are and what you love. Gibbs: It’s really not. Parent: No? Gibbs: No, I wouldn’t say it’s the place to figure out who you are and what you love. At very least, a classical Christian school isn’t that sort of place. IContinue reading “A Classical Education Is Not About Finding Your Passions”

The Modern World Simplified

Cashier: This store has recently begun charging you for services we used to give you for free. Incompetent thinkers: Wow, you must really care about the environment and justice. Cashier: Yes, thanks. Pay up. Incompetent thinkers: Sure. No problem.

Numerology In Paradise Lost

Book III: God first appears/Three is the number of the Trinity Book IV: Man first appears/Four is the number of man, the earth Book VII: Creation is first described/Seven days in the creation week Book VIII: Sex is first described/Eight is the number of new beginnings Book XIII: The twelve tribes of Israel are firstContinue reading “Numerology In Paradise Lost”

Megachurching Classical Christian Schools

“Classical Christian education has gotten popular enough that we’re probably only a few years away from naming schools Lift, Summit, Impact, Sponge, or whatever church names are fashionable at the time… A good many classical Christian schools already style themselves after megachurches. They talk about “taking over this city for Christ,” have dope Instagram accounts,Continue reading “Megachurching Classical Christian Schools”

Film As Metaphysical Coup

“As I near my 40s, the most fundamental question I ask when my wife and I are deciding what movie to watch on an evening is not “Drama or Comedy?” Neither do I first ask, “New movie or old movie?” Rather, the first pebble we drop down the well of our souls is, “Something weContinue reading “Film As Metaphysical Coup”

Too Catholic: A Classical Odyssey

“It is probably safe to assume that every classical Christian school in the country sees itself as the rival of some better funded, more liberal Christian school across town.” Too Catholic: A Classical Odyssey is now available on the CiRCE website. This piece originally appeared in an issue of FORMA several years ago, but thisContinue reading “Too Catholic: A Classical Odyssey”

Speaking Event Tomorrow

Tomorrow I will be speaking at the CiRCE regional conference in Sterling, Virginia. It’s not too late to sign up for Saturday’s block of lectures, if you would like. I will be giving a lecture which reflects on what I’ve learned about human nature from teaching short fiction workshops to high school students.

Progress

Boys in 8th grade Latin classes: “When are we actually going to use this in the real world? Boys in 12th grade: “I wrote my thesis on why travel soccer players should be paid in cryptocurrency.”