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  • The Egotism of Withdrawal From Church and Community

    The Egotism of Withdrawal From Church and Community8

    The other day, a friend of mine brought an interesting Barna poll to my attention. Conducted in 2022, it explored the state of the American church before, after, and during the COVID pandemic. When it comes to faith, religion, and church these days, there seems to be only bad news. Religious “nones” are on the rise, we’re

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  • The Ego is an Enemy

    The Ego is an Enemy0

    From President Trump, to entertainers, to students on college campuses, there seems to be no shortage of individuals who are quick to take offense. They are reacting to what seems quite real to them, but truth is not established by one’s interpretation of events. We have all been there. Our defensiveness caused us to misinterpret

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  • The Effect of the Trump Impeachment on Our Republic

    The Effect of the Trump Impeachment on Our Republic0

    With the attempt to impeach Donald Trump, the United States of America has come to a decisive point in its history.   Let’s revisit the election of 2016. Suppose Hilary Clinton had taken the White House. What would have happened? The following seems likely:   Those who opposed her would have gotten out of bed

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  • The Educational Value of Shame

    The Educational Value of Shame0

    Undoubtedly, one of my best educational experiences was the graduate-level Latin course I took in Rome. Within six months, the teacher was able to clear up all confusion that had accumulated in my previous six years of Latin.    How? Well, for one, the teacher was one of the best Latinists in the world: Fr.

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  • The Educational Magic of Lego

    The Educational Magic of Lego0

    Over the weekend, the U.K. Telegraph announced twenty unique job openings. The title of the job descriptions? Lego builder: “The job specification says the candidate: ‘Must have Lego building experience and be able to design and build sturdy, accurate, complicated, safe and installable Lego models for a wide variety of Legoland attractions including miniature scale

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  • The Educational Glue That Binds

    The Educational Glue That Binds0

    In 1988, E.D. Hirsch’s Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know became a bestseller. In this book, Hirsch argues that when we fail to pass on certain pieces of core knowledge to our young people – the dates for World War II, the poetry of Emily Dickinson, the meaning of sayings like “Touché!” or

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