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Our First Christmas Special, and it comes in two parts, so listen to both!
Poem: “Descent” by Luci Shaw
Please Note: We got excited making this episode, so be sure to listen to both parts! We had to split it in half so it would fit on our porch.
Statement of the Whole: What does it mean for the educational enterprise that God became a man? This is way too deep a question for one short podcast, but Steve and Jason spend half an hour talking about it anyway. It all speaks to our desire for Christ to be at the center of everything, including our classroom.
This is less an outline and more a running collection of our thoughts, but roughly we cover…
- Our desire for Christ to be at the center of our classrooms.
- Truth incarnate – what does the incarnation mean in education?
- The logos – the unifying principle of the universe
- The puzzle image, the box picture, etc.
- Bringing facts into associated meaning
- Athanasius’ quote: “The Lord did not come to make a display. He came to heal and to teach suffering men. For one who wanted to make a display the thing would have been just to appear and dazzle the beholders. But for Him Who came to heal and to teach the way was not merely to dwell here, but to put Himself at the disposal of those who needed Him, and to be manifested according as they could bear it, not vitiating the value of the Divine appearing by exceeding their capacity to receive it.” ― St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation
- Christ is moving from what is to what ought to be, so our classroom should reflect this as well
- Steve suggests reading the short story from JRR Tolkien, Leaf by Niggle
God Bless you and your’s, and Merry Christmas to all…