Is Education Valuable? with Steve Turley
In this episode, Davies was back on the road at the summer ACCS conference with friend and thought leader Dr. Steve Turley. We explore how so much of what...
A Third Way Forward with Katharine Savage
In this episode, I was back on the road again. Live in Dallas at the ACCS conference with head of school Katharine Savage. Serving in urban Philadelphia, Katharine shares...
Wisdom from the Ancients for a Flourishing Today with Louis Markos
If there is nothing new under the sun, then it makes sense to look to those who have gone before us for the answers to living boldly and confidently...
Classical Christian Education Is More Than We Realize with Clifford Humphrey
Classical Christian Education is a fantastic form of education, yet it is often challenging for parents and educators to define it well. In an effort to explain it and...
Hope for the Next Generation in an Age of Uncertainty, with John Stonestreet
Today, it is easy to find the bad news. It blasts across our screens with a steady message of doom and gloom. As we raise the next generation, what...
Classical Christian Education for All Students, with Heather Lloyd
Classical Christian education is the fastest-growing segment among all types of Christian private schools. But are classical Christian schools for everyone? One in five students today are diagnosed with...
Wisdom Needed for the Good Life with Jonathan T. Pennington
What does it mean to flourish as a human? It occurs through living intentionally and thoughtfully in particular ways. Neither virtue nor its eventual fruit, happiness, comes to us...
Entitled or Grateful? Choices Before the Next Generation, with Keith McCurdy
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...
Stuck in the Present, with David Moore
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....
Stanton Lanier on Music to Light the World
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....
Maryellen St. Cyr on How to Teach Well
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...
Chris McKenna on Why Parental Controls Don’t Work
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...
Jacob Hess on Arts, Stories and Liturgy That Awaken Us
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...
The Buffalo Creek Boys School on Raising Boys: A Fresh Approach to Classical Christian Ed
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....
Cair Paravel Latin School on C.S. Lewis Bringing Their School Alive
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...
Joshua R. Farris on The Most Important Questions to Get Right
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...
Keith McCurdy on Not Forgetting COVID Learning
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...
Dick Keyes on Teaching Truth in a Relativistic World
The world is getting crazy. How do we raise a generation that refuses to compromise in matters of faith, especially in a world that rejects, even scorns, anyone who...
R. Keith Loftin on Teaching Students What It Means To Be Human
What does it mean to be human, to be civil, to have a confident purpose in life? Raising up a generation that will genuinely truly is the goal of...
How Beauty Informs Truth and Goodness For Classical Christian Students ~ Nick Duncan
Episode Notes: Most classical Christian educators talk about truth and goodness. But when it comes to beauty it seems as though it’s not as critical or practical. At most,...
Beating Hollywood Through Storytelling and Capturing Students’ Hearts ~ Louis Markos
We classical Christian folk frequently talk about forming virtue in young people. But if we’re not careful, we can bury students in our well-intended rules and academic expectations and...
Aiming Higher: Education Fit to Save Civilization (More Than Ever Series) ~ Jared Squires
What could be more important than excellent reading, writing, and arithmetic skills? More than ever, we need a generation of students who are cultivated to love what God loves,...
How Classical Christian Trains Graduates to Stand Strong ~ Matthew Breazeale
Culture is always downstream of education. We are reaping today the fruits of what has been taught or not taught in schools. At BCL, we’re big fans of classical...
700 Years of Encouragement with Doug Henry
Seven hundred years ago, Dante wrote what has been called the most significant single poem ever written. He lived in a world not unlike our own. Fraught with both...