Gordon Pennington is one of the best cultural translators out there. His life reads like a fascinating adventure novel. In his marketing days in New York as the head of marketing for Tommy Hilfiger, he was courted by MTV and jet setting with celebrities and stars including David Lee Roth, Prince Albert and Johnny Depp. Gordon has served in places of media influence and understands how culture shifts. As a Christian, he now works tirelessly as a visionary and cultural liaison to governments, corporations, non profits and ministries in all parts of the globe. His life is a rich tapestry but he always points to the transformative discovery he made when visiting a middle school classroom at a classical Christian school…

Meet the Cultural Translators – David Eaton by BaseCamp Live

The school is only as successful as the home in raising the next generation. In many traditional and busy homes, mom manages “the school stuff” while dad is fully engaged in work. However, a father’s involvement is important, especially in classical Christian school homes. Which best practices can fathers add to their parenting without adding guilt or stress to their already full lives? Our guest today, Eric Reed, leads a men’s ministry with an international impact and has spent several decades working to help strengthen marriages and families. He knows the struggles firsthand as his own children are involved in classical Christian education. We encourage dads to listen – and moms, too!

Setting goals is challenging, even more so when it is a 13 year goal. When a child starts in kindergarten, what do we really want for them when they finally graduate more than a decade later? My guest today is a father, Head of School and leader of a national association supporting classical Christian schools. His insights are helpful as we consider what goals we should realistically hold onto… Listen in.

Keep listening to our conversation with five Classical Christian graduates after one year in college.

People often ask, how do classical Christian graduates really do out in the real world? In this episode we answer that question, and many more, from the perspectives of 5 recent graduates who represent very different college environments: MIT, a state school, classical Christian colleges and a historically Christian college. Did their K-12 education prepare them socially, academically, spiritually?

Raising Kids Who Love Christ – Making the Worlds of Home, Church and School Connect – Chap Bettis by BaseCamp Live

Keep listening to our conversation about training habits of learning and what Charlotte Mason discovered 100 years ago that still works today. Maryellen St. Cyr of Ambleside Schools and David Goodwin, president of the ACCS, join us.

We are fond of saying in classical Christian school circles that “education is more than information, it is formation”… but what does formation really look like in a practical way? Maryellen St. Cyr of Ambleside Schools explains how Charlotte Mason answers that question and more… stay tuned.

The pursuit of grades is the all consuming end game for many students and parents today. Grades are the currency that our culture trades in and ultimately determine when a good education has been achieved. And in our culture, everyone deserves an “A”, or so we are encouraged to believe. Self esteem and personal values are quickly tied to one’s grades and in all of the madness, establishing a lifelong love of learning is often the first thing to be lost. How do we keep the balance and make sure that grades don’t rule our lives? Listen in to find out.