Joshua Gibbs

Reformation

Every movement acknowledges that there are people not yet in the movement who ought to be. But it must also acknowledge there are people within the movement that ought not to be. If classical Christian education is a movement, we must confess that too much time has been spent on the former and too littleContinue reading “Reformation”

Boundless Respect

“People are all more or less materialists today, for they are the heirs of the nineteenth century. They need only be shown some crude mimicry of ‘mental’ events in nature or in instinct, and they will fancy that the ‘mental’ has been explained. It is whatever is lower that we take to be more real.”Continue reading “Boundless Respect”

Faking It

A feigned care for the poor has brought as much suffering on the world as poverty itself. It is not a sin to be poor, but it is a sin to pretend to pity the poor, and the wages of sin is death.

The Medieval Blacksmith Shop

It took Beatrice and me about two weeks to finish it.

Five Questions To Ask Every Teaching Candidate

“By now, there is little point asking teaching candidates to write a personal philosophy of education. Anyone who has spent ten minutes browsing classical school websites can cobble together an adequate series of statements about virtue, the “image of God,” and the seven liberal arts. Here are five better questions to ask.” -“Five Questions ToContinue reading “Five Questions To Ask Every Teaching Candidate”

Denis De Rougemont

“It is only “silly” questions that can enlighten us; for behind whatever seems obvious lurks something is not.” -Denis De Rougemont, Love in the Western World

Rock And Roll Dad, Part I

Billy Corgan: The killer in me is the killer in you. Billy Corgan’s Wife: Sure, I get that. The thing is, I still need you to tie the bread bag tight or the bread gets dry and the kids won’t eat it.

Sayings

“The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.” -Tertullian “The fun outreach program is the seed of the church.” -Modern Tertullian

How The World Works

My kids: So-and-so said something disrespectful about a teacher at lunch today. Gibbs: I see. What is So-and-so’s last name? And then my opinion of So-and-so’s parents changes.

Does Handwriting Matter?

“Student: My handwriting is naturally messy. I can’t help it. It isn’t fair that you graded me down on this week’s essay simply because my handwriting was messy. I can’t help it. Besides, don’t my ideas matter more than my handwriting? Gibbs: What do you mean your handwriting is “naturally messy”? Student: No matter howContinue reading “Does Handwriting Matter?”