Articles tagged Scripture

A Summer Walk through Psalms

by Cara
Tuesday, 09 June, 2015
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Homeschooling Life

As a kid, my favorite Scripture was Psalm 23. After my pastor gave me my first real Bible, I hovered over that beautiful section frequently. The Bible was a lovely, children’s version that he had inscribed to me, in his flowing, elegant handwriting. Most likely he...

The Use of Scripture in Public Discourse

by Jonathan
Monday, 22 December, 2014
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)

Public and Private Discourse Public discourse is any branch of reason intended for use by the population at large. By contrast, private discourse is reasoning used among members of an organization be it a family, a church, a group of friends, or a club. The patterns...

The Common Topics and the Universe

by David
Friday, 04 October, 2013
categories: Classical Christian Education

OK, I am like a kid with a new BB gun. I do not really know how to use it, but it looks like so much fun. In that spirit, please allow me to wield Aristotle’s common topics. I just hope I do not shoot somebody’s eye out. Aristotle’s common topics of invention serve as...

Life Lessons I Learned from Canning Tomatoes

by Kathy
Monday, 26 August, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education, Dialectic Stage (ages 12 to 14), Grammar Stage (ages 4 to 11), Homeschooling Life, Rhetoric Stage (ages 14 to 18)

I was going to write a post about how to prepare for Latin for this school year, but then I realized that you could just read my article from last year to help you prepare (http://www.classicalconversations.com/easyblog/entry/preparing-for-next-years-latin-...

You Are Math in Motion

by Kate
Thursday, 14 February, 2013
categories: Articles, Big Ideas: Truth, Beauty, Goodness and more!, Classical Christian Education

If I asked you, “Do you like math?” would you answer that you dislike it? Would you complain that you “never use it in real life”? Would you claim that you are not a “math person”? If you would answer in those ways, consider a follow-up question: “Do you like music...

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