Yesterday I returned from Dallas, Texas, where I enjoyed the four day, entirely normal, a thousand plus people, conference of the Association of Classical Christian Schools. (And credit to the ACCS for daring to schedule a normal conference this summer.) It was nice to live in a classical Christian bubble for a week, and made the rest of the world, looking out from that bubble, look even more mad than usual, which is probably healthy. Speakers whose names you may know included Rosaria Butterfield, Anthony Esolen, Michael Farris, Douglas Wilson, Louis Markos, Neil Shenvi, and others. Although there was lots of practical advice shared (like how to integrate Socratic discussions into your classes), in this forum I thought I’d share just a few blurbs of more general interest.
Your response to normalcy reflects your can-do positive personality. I get mad at why people I know remain whacked out, after I experience normalness.
I've listened to SovereignNations podcasts for example, and that seems like a blast of normalcy to me for a Christian analysis of what is going on, but then I am flabbergasted when I think about why my church isn't preaching and educating like that. It's refreshing as it happens, but a gray cloud forms after.
Long way of explaining that I am glad normalcy encourages you in a better way.
Thank you for taking notes and sharing them.
Your response to normalcy reflects your can-do positive personality. I get mad at why people I know remain whacked out, after I experience normalness.
I've listened to SovereignNations podcasts for example, and that seems like a blast of normalcy to me for a Christian analysis of what is going on, but then I am flabbergasted when I think about why my church isn't preaching and educating like that. It's refreshing as it happens, but a gray cloud forms after.
Long way of explaining that I am glad normalcy encourages you in a better way.