Davies Owens, Author at BaseCamp Live

Entitled or Grateful? Choices Before the Next Generation, with Keith McCurdy

May 31, 2021

Selfish or selfless? Entitled or blessed? Increasingly, children are raised in a world revolving around them, creating attitudes of “I-deserve-it-because-I-exist.” The world celebrates entitlement through everyday messages from social media and endless advertisements. Indulging children can seem the easiest path in the moment, but long-term, excessive indulgences lead to adults who are disillusioned, angry, quick to…

Stuck in the Present, with David Moore

May 24, 2021

Are you stuck in the present? Our culture is quick to dismiss anything perceived as old, even last year’s cell phone model, much less the wisdom learned from history. And those of us raising the next generation with Classical Christian education are more often looking to the past for wisdom in a world that insists…

Stanton Lanier on Music to Light the World

May 17, 2021

Ready for some encouragement? Music moves us, awakens our souls, and brings light to the world. My guest today, Stanton Lanier, is a pianist, composer, orchestrator, and faithful believer. He was inspired at an early age by the great composers. Today, his music is loved and listened to by people worldwide – young and old…

Maryellen St. Cyr on How to Teach Well

May 10, 2021

We are a culture that values speed and volume over being paced and measured. How does the pedagogy of a classroom lead to joyful discovery and efficient learning? Classical Christian schools are on the rise, and most have impressive reading lists and ambitious goals of graduates, but how are teachers trained to teach? Most of…

Chris McKenna on Why Parental Controls Don’t Work

April 29, 2021

Does your family have Digital Trust? How does Digital Trust help a family deal with pornography, YouTube, TikTok, or gaming? Good questions, and we’ll answer them. No parental control software can completely protect your child from online harm. And parental controls never replace the need for parents or teachers, for that matter. After over 1,100…

Jacob Hess on Arts, Stories and Liturgy That Awaken Us

April 15, 2021

We are raising our families in an increasingly challenging cultural moment. And yet we know God calls us to worship and give thanks continually rather than fall into the patterns and thinking of the secular culture around us. How do we ensure our homes and classrooms have habits that form what God loves? How do…

The Buffalo Creek Boys School on Raising Boys: A Fresh Approach to Classical Christian Ed

April 6, 2021

Modern education produces weak men. The truth is, boys mature at different ages, need different learning environments, and are wired by God uniquely in their distinct bodies and minds. The task before us is to raise up a generation of young men who are confident in their identity, disciplined and skilled in their thinking, and…

Cair Paravel Latin School on C.S. Lewis Bringing Their School Alive

March 11, 2021

Introduction: Perhaps no writer or thinker is more often quoted around classical Christian schools than famed Oxford and Cambridge professor C.S. Lewis. Most of our schools engage Lewis’ writings through the K-12 journey, inevitably reading his Chronicles of Narnia series, but the Cair Paravel Latin School takes Lewis to an even higher level of engagement,…

Joshua R. Farris on The Most Important Questions to Get Right

February 19, 2021

The big questions in life – who am I? what am I? why am I here? Every human throughout history has grappled with these questions. Get the answers right and you can live a virtuous, flourishing life. Yet today, too many students, and adults for that matter, are fumbling through life trying to find meaning…

Keith McCurdy on Not Forgetting COVID Learning

February 18, 2021

We have been living in a COVID world for over a year now, the impact it has made on how we live life, our attitudes, habits, and fears are extensive. Are there specific things we can do in our homes and schools to help us get back to healthy living more quickly and parents and…

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