Joshua Gibbs

Registration Is Now Open For The 2022 Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference

You can learn more about the conference and register here. Here’s the full rundown on the lectures I am giving: July 8, 2022 (Friday): Session No. 1 (10:30am EST): How to Set Your Classroom Apart as Sacred Space: Curriculum matters, but so do mood and atmosphere. Many teachers struggle to develop an atmosphere in theirContinue reading “Registration Is Now Open For The 2022 Gibbs Classical Online Summer Conference”

A High Recommendation

This book is a revelation. Memoirs of an upper middle class Austrian man who lived 1914 until 1998. My enjoyment of the book is likely buoyed by the fact I bought it while on holiday and simply because I liked the title and the cover. Nonetheless, every page offers something poignant.

Mesothelioma For A New Generation

You will know Covid is over when the lawsuits start. I would say we’re in for twenty years of greasy lawyers running ads on local television which begin, “Did Covid safety protocols at your job cause you emotional or financial distress? You may be entitled to a large cash settlement.”

A Personality Quiz About Fox News And Classical Education

“If you learned that Fox News was producing a five-part documentary series which described the merits of classical Christian education, what would your response be? Choose one or more of the following options.“ -from my latest for CiRCE

Proverbial, Episode 85: Street Spirit (Fade Out)

“Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old, he will not depart from it.” -Solomon After nearly a month off, a new episode of Proverbial is available now.

M. Gustave

Doing The Numbers: Suicide And Cigarettes

The average Christian condemns smoking far more vehemently than suicide, which accounts for the decline in smoking over the last twenty-five years, and the unprecedented rise in suicide.

Doing The Unthinkable

“I put together a Bible class that does what few Bible classes do: cover the Bible, read the Bible. I spend half the class reading through the story books of the Old Testament (four chapters every day), then the boys spend ten minutes writing summaries of what they’ve heard, and then a few minutes readingContinue reading “Doing The Unthinkable”

For A Snow Day: January (A Playlist)

Top 10 Records Of 2021

10. Spencer (original motion picture soundtrack), Johnny Greenwood 9. Old Friends New Friends, Nils Frahm 8. L’amour hélas, Clio 7. The Quiet Drift, Hollie Kenniff 6. Mercy, Natalie Bergman 5. Chansons d’Ennui Tip-Top, Jarvis Cocker 4. Rams, Brian Eno 3. Shade, Grouper 2. Blue Weekend, Wolf Alice 1. Promises, Floating Points and the London SymphonyContinue reading “Top 10 Records Of 2021”