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Given the way the terms are presently used, Eastern Orthodoxy is more “low church” than “high church.” If you walked into a 90 member Baptist church in Podunk, Kentucky on a Sunday morning and told a long-time member named Tina, “So, your liturgy is pretty low church, huh?” she wouldn’t have a clue what youContinue reading “Eastern Orthodoxy Isn’t High Church”

While I think Steve Coogan is the cleverest man alive, I think Chilly Gonzales is a close second.

“The progressive Christian’s error lies in believing that Christianity’s perennial polemic against the rich is an implicit defense of socialist programs. What concerns the Christ of the Gospels is not the economic situation of the poor man, but the moral condition of the rich man.” ― Nicolás Gómez Dávila

Student: What exactly is a strong reading of a book?  Teacher: A clearly articulated understanding of the spirit of a book. It’s a reader’s ability to delve below appearances and describe how all the disparate elements of a book coalesce into a singular moral vision. A strong reading is an interpretation of all the characters,Continue reading “That Disorienting Feeling You Get From A Good Education”

I’ve lately seen that a conversation has already quietly begun about dropping the word “classical” from the term “classical education.”

Two Christmas Playlists from my “A Matter of Taste” series.

Dark chocolates from Debauve & Gallais Giuseppe Giusti’s Banda Rossa 20-year vinegar D.S. & Durga car air fresheners Esteban’s Amber Japanese style incense (a perennial favorite) Lobby boy cap from The Society of Crossed Keys A continental wallet, perhaps this one or this one Rougie Foie Gras A bottle of Green Irish Tweed from Creed

“Teachers want administrators who are around. Administrators need to be present. They need to put in lots of face time every week. Headmasters at big schools may disappear for days at a time, but not weeks at a time. On the other hand, principals and deans need to be in the middle of things every day soContinue reading “What Classical Teachers Want From Administrators”

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