The Jesus Blank

Posted by veritas on Sep 22, 2010 10:51:30 AM

Recently, I have had the privilege of being at a number of political and quasi-political informational meetings. We are blessed here in Lancaster County to be represented in Washington by Joe ... Read More

Love and Grief

Posted by veritas on Sep 18, 2010 8:15:41 AM

This weekend I was asked to pray during the funeral of Emily’s grandmother, Mildred Kreider. Grammy and Gappy (Stanley) were married for 67 years and as their family, church family, and ... Read More

The Big Short; Part 2

Posted by veritas on Sep 16, 2010 12:55:43 PM

A thoughtful reader emailed me about Lewis’ The Big Short and asked, “so what is Veritas doing that might address this problem?”

Good question. Here I my answer:

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Abdication for Dummies: The Best Ways to Ruin a Classical Christian Education

Posted by veritas on Sep 9, 2010 9:13:41 AM

Recently, I was talking with a seasoned headmaster from another ACCS school. It was his second day of school—we had yet to start. He had to cut away from the conversation for a moment. When ... Read More

Helpful Correctives from the Old Testament, Part 1

Posted by veritas on Sep 2, 2010 10:19:02 AM

I have a pattern of reading through the Scriptures. Each day I read a chapter or so of the Old Testament in general, from the Old Testament Wisdom Literature (Psalms, Proverbs, etc.), and the New ... Read More

The “Jesus” Problem, Part #5

Posted by veritas on Aug 30, 2010 5:44:57 PM

In past installments of the “Jesus” Problem, we have worked our way through some of the issues confronting education in general and Christian education specially. We have seen how ... Read More

The “Jesus” Problem, Part 4

Posted by veritas on Aug 27, 2010 5:36:19 PM

We have looked at how corporations, the political left, and the political right are reacting to Christ and how they are supporting (or refusing to support schools that have Christ in their ... Read More

The “Jesus” Problem, Part 2

Posted by veritas on Aug 18, 2010 12:40:49 PM

In the first part of this blog post—See The “Jesus” Problem, Part 1—I chronicled how “Jesus” ends up being a stumbling block for the business community. They ... Read More

The “Jesus” Problem, Part 1

Posted by veritas on Aug 17, 2010 11:51:04 AM

Recently, I have hit upon a frightening truth. Jesus is getting in the way at Veritas Academy. No, we are not looking to kick Him out. In fact, we would like more of Him, but still He is in the ... Read More

The Roots of Classical Christian Education

Posted by veritas on Jul 20, 2010 11:37:27 AM

Here is an article that I read recently done by my pastor, Dr. Gregg Strawbridge, on an obscure but interesting Medieval teacher called Peter of Spain. He was an exceedingly important teacher ... Read More