Liberal Arts and the Christian
Sometimes Christians get this wrong-headed idea that there is no value to anything that is not innately spiritual. Today I’m going to try to change your mind. I believe that as Christians we should embrace the ‘liberal arts’ – the branches of knowledge ranging from mathematics to astronomy, music to aesthetics, and everything in between. Here are three reasons why.
Three Types of Great Questions
Last year I finished up a degree that included an emphasis on Nursing Education. Since I am a nurse by profession, I studied how to structure a course on nursing. I learned how to design a curriculum and compile a…
Four Compelling Reasons to Study History
I’m excited that my newest article is published, for the first time, in The Old Schoolhouse, a magazine for home educators that comes out yearly in print and quarterly online. In this article, I address four reasons why history is beneficial to…
Journaling and Commonplacing
You might think of journaling as a hobby for your nonexistent free time, and most likely, you’ve never even heard of commonplacing. For myself, these two activities are not just a hobby, but vital tools for my life. In fact,…
History: The Neglected Subject
“I like study hall and gym. In study hall, I can sleep and in gym, I get to play games. Every other subject is useless info that I will never use.” These are the words of a teenager who was…
