Put on a Coat or Build a Fire? When we are thinking about the virtue of service we need to remember that “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.” A revered wise man once journeyed to visit a younger wise […]
A Five Alarm Fire
March 4, 2014
Rescuing our kids from the toxic cultural fire they are being raised in. We live in a drastically different world than the one our parents and we adults grew up in. There are a lot more pressures and distractions on today’s youth. Post Modernism, rapid technological developments, our struggling economy, the disintegration of the family, […]
Virtue of the Week: Service
December 9, 2013
Friends, Put on a Coat or Build a Fire? (This first story should have extra impact for those of us in Oregon who are sitting in sub-20’s weather right now.) When we are thinking about the virtue of service we need to remember that “Much will be required of the person entrusted with much, and […]
OPUS CONTRA NATURAM
January 5, 2013
Think about it. Can’t we trace most of the problems of our society today back to a “loss of soul”? If we want to change things for the better, we need to start with the “soul”. We need to stop treating the symptoms of our sick society and get down to the cause of the […]
Education for Social Change: From Theory to Practice
February 11, 2012
By Alan Singer and Michael Pezone 1.1 More than a century ago, Emile Durkheim rejected the idea that education could be the force to transform society and resolve social ills. Instead, Durkheim concluded that education “can be reformed only if society itself is reformed.” He argued that education “is only the image and reflection of […]
