Joshua Gibbs

This Is The Best Living Writer Of Fiction

The Marriage Plot is more or less a miracle of good humor.

Faculty Development

If there’s no food and drink at your faculty development events, you’re not developing anything other than everyone’s desire to go home. Learn more this summer at the Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference.

Gentlemen, Place Your Bets

“The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes Titus or Marcus Aurelius; the people is often Nero, and never Marcus Aurelius.” -Antoine de Rivarol

Loyalty Scares Us

Tom: Would you say you’re loyal to your wife? Harry: Of course. Absolutely. Tom: Would you say you’re loyal to your church? Harry: Uh, well, what do you mean by “loyalty”?

Controversial Sayings

Students: Mr. Gibbs, do you think the church should have political power? Gibbs: Why do you ask? Students: I don’t know. Gibbs: Do you just want to hear me say something controversial? Students: Yes. Gibbs: Then I’ll do you one better. I think the church should have spiritual power.

Early Pricing For The Gibbs Classical Conference

Just a reminder that tomorrow (March 31) is the last day for early pricing on the Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference. Beginning Friday (April 1), the price of an individual registration goes from $150 to $225. You can register for the conference by clicking here.

The Limits Of Nurture

“In what ways are gardening metaphors helpful in understanding what happens at a classical Christian school? Well, a classical education is not chiefly concerned with the transference of information. It is not about getting data from the teacher’s brain into the student’s brain. Instead, a classical education is about nurturing a student, by which IContinue reading “The Limits Of Nurture”

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