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Mike St. ThomasFeaturedEducation

Contemplative Pedagogy: Notes on Educating Screen-Addled Students - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Not long ago I taught a summer class in creative writing to middle schoolers. On one sun-drenched day, I took the class outside to wander through our campus and down to our stretch of shoreline on Narragansett Bay. Their task […]

Robin Jean HarrisChurchEducation

The Case for Children's Worship Services

We shouldn't remove children from public worship to entertain them with twaddle. But it isn't wrong to offer a separate service tailored to their stature.

Nadya WilliamsFamilyTechnologyEducation

Homeschooling, Luddite Style

You don't need to depend on laptops and tablets as part of homeschooling; a good library card is (mostly) all you need.

Erin AhnfeldtEducationFormation

The Worst Thing Was Not the Last

Christians know that the worst things are not the last, as one public school teacher was reminded recently following a tragedy in his school.

Steven M. BryanEducation

The Post-Christian Seminaries of 1970

It is worth remembering that in 1970 it was common to say we live in a post-Christian society—and to remember that some things have improved since then.

Alex SoslerFeaturedEducation

An Education for Love - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Each Sunday, many churches throughout the world begin their service with “The Summary of the Law.” One of the first things Christians hear each week is Jesus’ words defining a good life. Here’s what he says: “You shall love the […]

Amy FischerFeaturedEducation

Persons Not Products - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Charlotte Mason helped me make sense of my education. I had caring and competent teachers in high school, but they could not compensate for the educational system we operated in. You may find that system familiar. It breaks education down […]

Ronni KurtzFeaturedEducationBlogging

When Should I Write? Brief Reflections on the Relationship Between Writing and Expertise - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

It was a Thursday afternoon; I was perched up in the corner of my favorite local coffee shop with a back-pack full of books that teetered somewhere between impressive and embarrassing. I was in the middle of what I refer […]

Kelly GivensFamilyFeaturedEducation

Teaching Children to See - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

This past winter, my six-year-old began each day looking out the window. I would hear him roll out of bed, feet hit the floor, his footsteps moving toward one of the windows in his room. I knew what he was […]

Dan OlsonFeaturedEducation

An Education for Lincoln's Heaven - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

In a 2013 article on ‘Christian Schooling and Racial Realities,’ Hunter Baker concluded that while “the racial unification of the American church might best begin in the Christian schoolhouse” he lamented that it is a “mission … awaiting a champion […]

Jake MeadorFeaturedEducation

In Memoriam: Michael Baker: Teacher of Persons - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

I suspect that my old high school teacher Michael Baker would have rather mixed feelings about having an obituary published in a magazine called Mere Orthodoxy. Certainly, he was the kind of teacher that would have scared many white evangelical parents, […]

Kevin BrownFeaturedEducationJournalJournal 2

The Case for the Christian Liberal Arts in a Polarized, Fractious Age - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Physicist Leonard Mlodinow opens his entertaining book The Drunkard’s Walk with the story of a lottery winner whose lucky ticket ended with the number 48.[1]  However, according to the contestant, luck had nothing to do with it. Claiming clairvoyance, they dreamt the […]