Loudoun Classical School Blog

This post was originally published on Katherine Weitz's personal blog: thereadingmother.net. Most of us know what we should expect to find in a dragon’s lair, but, as I said before, Eustace had read only the wrong books. They had a lot to say about exports and imports...

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs,...

Read part one and part two of this series.  In the last two talks, we’ve looked at six different forms of the “vice of curiosity: first, three ways in which we can seek knowledge of the wrong things, and then three forms of seeking knowledge in the wrong ways. But...

Read part one and part three of this series.  In the last talk, I introduced the notion that not all seeking after knowledge is good, and the older use of the term “curiosity” as a label for a disordered and sinful search for knowledge. We also looked at the first...

Read part two and part three of this series.  In these Assembly talks, I want to explore how to rightly order our loves when we seek after knowledge. Believe it or not, just because knowledge is a good, this doesn’t mean that every kind of knowledge, or any old way of...

Most of us are familiar with the term “liberal arts,” but few of us stop to consider this curious term. Why “liberal”? Presumably not because these are the arts favored by political progressives (even if many historic “liberal arts colleges” have become quite...

The news is rife with stories about the battle over history. Recently, the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors--in response to criticism about alleged inaction after the violence of Charlottesville--commissioned an investigation into the history of slavery and the...

This is the third installment of a three-part series explaining the vision for Loudoun Classical School. Why does Loudoun County need a classical Christian school? Well in part, the answer for that is easy—because children need classical Christian schools, and Loudoun...

This is the second installment of a three-part series explaining the vision for Loudoun Classical School. Christian parents have the God-given duty and privilege to direct the education and upbringing of their children. Scriptures such as Deuteronomy 6:6-7 and Genesis...

This is the first installment of a three-part series explaining the vision for Loudoun Classical School. Loudoun Classical School is but the latest among hundreds of Christian schools that cropped up around the country in recent decades dedicated to the project of...