Show Notes
Geneva’s theme for the year is “The Mind of Christ.” With that in mind, Dirk sits down with Rhetoric School Headmaster Rob Shelton, Humanities Department Head Aaron Southwick and humanities teacher Scott Milam to talk about what it means to think like a Christian. Suggested Reading: "The Christian Mind" Harry Blamires "The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind" Mark Noll "Fit Bodies, Fat Minds" Os Guinness "Habits of the Mind" James Sire "Simply Christian" N.T. Wright
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What does it mean to have the sovereign creator of the universe say to you, "Well done my good and faithful servant?" This is one of the questions C.S. Lewis answered in a sermon he preached on June 8, 1941, titled "The Weight of Glory." In this episode Dirk talks with humanities instructors Rick Poole and Alex Markos about this and other topics Lewis addressed in this beautiful and insightful sermon.
In this episode Dirk discusses Geneva's theme verse for the year (Ecclesiastes 3:11) with Dr. Eric Covington and Brian Odom.
In this episode Dirk talks to Geneva Art teacher Cathy Lester and 5th grade Bible and History teacher Daniel Player about the final transcendental virtue, Beauty.
In this episode Dirk finishes his conversation about Dante's Divine Comedy.
The year 2021 marked the 700th anniversary of the death of the great Florentine poet Dante Alighieri. To mark that anniversary, Rhetoric School Headmaster Dirk Russell and Logic School Headmaster Jeff Jones will host a Lyceum Lunch Lecture Series on the Divine Comedy starting on Wed. Feb. 2 at noon. In preparation Dirk hosts a conversation with Humanities Department Head Aaron Southwick and Humanities teacher Rick Poole about the man Dante Alighieri and his most famous work, The Divine Comedy.