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Hypocrisy Will Sneak Up On You Like That

My latest for CiRCE is about the strange, circuitous, and self-defeating path many private school kids take away from hypocrisy that just lands them squarely in the lap of hypocrisy.

Why Do People Who Do Not Want A Classical Education For Their Children Send Their Children To A Classical School Anyway?

My latest for CiRCE answers this very question. While I believe such scenarios often involve honest misunderstandings, those misunderstandings can and should be cleared up early on. How? Why? Read on.

Can We Redeem TikTok For Jesus? No.

My latest for CiRCE tackles the idea that tools are morally neutral and that Christians need to redeem every last banal, insipid waste of time the world throws at us.

Have Courage. All Old Things Have Baggage.

My latest for CiRCE is about all the baggage that old things have.

Alex Trebek: In Memoriam

My latest for CiRCE is a eulogy for Alex Trebek, who died yesterday at the age of 80.

So What?

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Election Day Thoughts

My thoughts on the election are posted on the CiRCE website, but I am making them available in full here, as well: Man was created to seek glory. He was created to love the glory of God and to mirror God’s glory through the pursuit of beauty, truth, goodness, and holiness. The glory of manContinue reading “Election Day Thoughts”

My Latest Book Is Now Available For Pre-Order

I am pleased to announce that The 25th: New and Selected Christmas Essays is now available on the CiRCE website and on Amazon. While you’re waiting for The 25th to ship, join the prestigious, elite, and by-no-means massive group of people who have read Blasphemers, my short story collection.

Michael W. Smith

My latest for CiRCE concerns the place of contemporary Christian music in classical Christian schools. Is it enough that a book, song, or record be “Christian”? Or, do classical Christian schools have a higher standard than “mere Christianity”? If classical schools have a higher standard than “mere Christianity,” why? And what is that standard?

Speaking Engagement

In October, I will deliver a lecture entitled “The Classical Christian War on Competence” at the CiRCE Online Conference. The lecture will center on four subjects: classical writing programs, the Grammy Awards, kidnap-victim Jaycee Lee Dugard, and the following proverb of Nicolás Gómez Dávila: “Modern man is a prisoner who thinks he is free becauseContinue reading “Speaking Engagement”