Podcast appearances and mentions of kepler education

This is Episode 69 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Heatherly Sylvia delivers a breakout session on Homeschooling Classically: Beyond the Trivium. This lesson was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Heatherly Sylvia is passionate about the Word and words; her love of literature, language, and classical pedagogy is contagious. A passionate speaker, teacher, and mentor, she has a reputation for making difficult concepts approachable and practical. Heatherly is co-founder of the Classical Learning Consortium for New England (now NECCE) and lives with her husband and two children in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

This is Episode 68 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Heatherly Sylvia delivers a breakout session on how to homeschooling without losing your mind. This lesson was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Heatherly Sylvia is passionate about the Word and words; her love of literature, language, and classical pedagogy is contagious. A passionate speaker, teacher, and mentor, she has a reputation for making difficult concepts approachable and practical. Heatherly is co-founder of the Classical Learning Consortium for New England (now NECCE) and lives with her husband and two children in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

This is Episode 67 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Scott Postma delivers a breakout session on Mastering the Academic Essay. Fundamentally, good writing is clear thinking made visible. This means precision is the capital concern of any essay. This talk discusses how to teach students to say what they mean and say it appropriately, precisely, concisely, and vividly. This talk was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Dr. Scott Postma lives in the chimney of Idaho with his wife of nearly 35 years. He has four adult children and more than a handful of delightfully rambunctious grand babies. He is the president of Kepler Education, edits The Consortium: A Journal of Classical Christian Education, teaches humanities courses for high school and college students, and is a religious practitioner of the ancient art of Tsundoku. He has two forthcoming books: A Primer on Classical Christian Education and a work on Recovering Christian Humanism for a Post-Christian Culture. You can find his other writings on Substack at Books and Letters.

This is Episode 66 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Scott Postma delivers a keynote address titled, "Unstupiding Ourselves: The Truth About the High Calling of Classical Christian Education." His talk takes up a case made in a 2022 article by social psychologist, Jonathan Haidt, who argued that a particular change in the way social media works made the past 10 years of American life uniquely stupid. Drawing from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Haidt accurately describes a nation that is suddenly disoriented and unable to speak the same language or recognize the same truth. Dr. Postma argues classical Christian education is capable of unstupiding society in the generations to come by restoring a sensus communis and cultivating rational public discourse. This talk was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Dr. Scott Postma lives in the chimney of Idaho with his wife of nearly 35 years. He has four adult children and more than a handful of delightfully rambunctious grand babies. He is the president of Kepler Education, edits The Consortium: A Journal of Classical Christian Education, teaches humanities courses for high school and college students, and is a religious practitioner of the ancient art of Tsundoku. He has two forthcoming books: A Primer on Classical Christian Education and a work on Recovering Christian Humanism for a Post-Christian Culture. You can find his other writings on Substack at Books and Letters.

This is Episode 65 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Sarah Abbott teaches the practice of "Navigating Stories with Students." Her talk provides criteria for classifying books by certain qualities and she provides examples of four kinds of stories that need to be negotiated: whole stories, broken stories, bent stories, healing stories. This talk was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Sarah Abbott is a classical educator and student with over twenty-five years of experience teaching, training, writing, coaching, and administrating. She serves as the Head of Outreach and Teacher Training for the Consortium, which allows her to do exciting things like lead a one-of-a-kind book club in her home and conduct trainings in classical pedagogy. Sarah is a Lecturer of Classical Education at Southeastern University and an Area Representative for Classical Conversations. Since graduating her homeschooled son, Sarah now devotes her time to learning about literature and the arts to discover connections between them and culture, and ultimately to uncover what it means to be human.

This is Episode 64 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Sarah Abbott teaches the practice of "telling the truth through narration." Her talk provides models for helping students grow in attention and retention by using the method of "retelling after hearing or seeing." Charlotte Mason noted, “The mother who trains her child to strict accuracy of statement about things small and great fortifies him against temptations to the grosser forms of lying…” This talk was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Sarah Abbott is a classical educator and student with over twenty-five years of experience teaching, training, writing, coaching, and administrating. She serves as the Head of Outreach and Teacher Training for the Consortium, which allows her to do exciting things like lead a one-of-a-kind book club in her home and conduct trainings in classical pedagogy. Sarah is a Lecturer of Classical Education at Southeastern University and an Area Representative for Classical Conversations. Since graduating her homeschooled son, Sarah now devotes her time to learning about literature and the arts to discover connections between them and culture, and ultimately to uncover what it means to be human.

This is Episode 63 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Scott Postma leads a breakout session on Why Irving Babbitt Matters to the Modern Renewal of Classical Christian Education at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Babbitt sought to recover a moral imagination and revive the classical virtues of temperance, justice, courage, and wisdom—even the Christian virtues of faith, hope, and charity—as they were timeless and essential for the cultivation of a balanced and harmonious life. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Scott Postma is Christian humanist who lives in the chimney of Idaho with his wife of more than 30 years. He has four adult children and (presently) seven delightfully rambunctious grand babies. He is a practitioner of the ancient art of Tsundoku, president of Kepler Education, editor of the The Consortium: A Journal of Classical Christian Education, and teaches dual credit courses for high school students in partnership with Faulkner University and Colorado Christian University .

This is Episode 62 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Heatherly Sylvia provides three principles for simplifying homeschooling that will provide your family with a restful learning experience without compromising quality or rigor. Her talk was given at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Heatherly Sylvia is homeschooling mom and the head of mentorship and discipling at the New England Consortium of Classical Educators. She is passionate about the Word and words; her love of literature, language, and classical pedagogy is contagious. A passionate speaker, teacher, and mentor, she has a reputation for making difficult concepts approachable and practical. Heatherly is co-founder of the New England Consortium for Classical Educators, where she focuses on equipping life-long learners and homeschooling parents. She lives with her husband and two children in Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

This is Episode 61 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Joshua Mayo, associate professor of English at Grove City College, gives his second keynote address on Cheerful Truth—the need to let go of pretentious sophistication—at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Josh Mayo is chair and associate professor of English at Grove City College, where he teaches British literature, composition, and the “Good Books” (feel free to ask him about this favorite term). He and his wife Bethany, along with their five children—Ezra, Silas, Ainley, Zoe Claire and Finn—live in Western Pennsylvania (in a technical sense). But for most of the year, Josh's soul dwells in a little fishing village in Maine called “New Harbor.” Additional relevant notes: he feels inspired by Beowulf, confused by Flannery O'Connor, and elated by Dickens.

This is Episode 60 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Josh Mayo delivers a keynote address at the 2024 Consortium conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Josh Mayo is chair and associate professor of English at Grove City College, where he teaches British literature, composition, and the “Good Books” (feel free to ask him about this favorite term). He and his wife Bethany, along with their five children—Ezra, Silas, Ainley, Zoe Claire and Finn—live in Western Pennsylvania (in a technical sense). But for most of the year, Josh's soul dwells in a little fishing village in Maine called “New Harbor.” Additional relevant notes: he feels inspired by Beowulf, confused by Flannery O'Connor, and elated by Dickens.

George Harrell is a seasoned classical educator and the executive director of the George Buchanan Forum. Please see: https://kepler.education/t/george.harrell/?full_description=true https://www.tgbf.org/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-george-buchanan-forum/id1557574254

This is Episode 59 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Timothy Knotts, Chief Philosophical Officer and Bursar for the New England Consortium of Classical Educators, delivers the opening keynote address for the 2024 conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. Kepler's Consortiums provide resources and regional connections for Christian families, teachers, and educational organizations to expand the reach of classical education and foster human flourishing for generations to come. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences.----more---- Timothy Knotts is a co-founder of the Consortium, and lives in Windsor, Connecticut with his wife, Cynthia, and their four protégés. He is the author of Reasoning Together: Philosophy, a soon to be released high school introduction to philosophy, and is occasionally published on the CiRCE and Kepler blogs. Timothy is a Lead Curriculum Developer for Classical Conversations, a CiRCE Institute certified master teacher, a recovering attorney, an amateur poet, and lover of the beautiful.

This is Episode 58 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In the final episode of this series, Dr. Robert Woods wraps up the conversation surrounding the key concepts from his forthcoming book, Neither Angel Nor Beast. Dr. Woods explains what he believes is the essential need in modern education to recover a humane understanding of the social sciences. In large part, modern education treats the social sciences with the philosophical is. That means, the human condition is studied as merely observation of what man tends to do. In classical and Christian thought, however, subjects in the social sciences, like anthropology, have historically explored the human condition in relationship to the philosophical ought, the Norms relating to man's ideal conditions and purposes. Dr. Woods has been a Classical Christian educator for nearly 20 years. He has a B.A. in biblical studies and ministry from Point University, an M.A. in religious studies from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in humanities from Florida State University, and most recently, he earned a D.A. from Harrison Middleton University. He developed and chaired the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University for more than 15 years and is the author of Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education, published by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Woods teaches adult learning courses and leads the Teacher Certification Program at Kepler Education. You can find his courses at the link provided.

This is Episode 57 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Robert Woods returns to the Consortium Podcast to walk us through more of the key concepts from his forthcoming book, Neither Angel Nor Beast. Dr. Woods further explains what he believes is the essential need in modern education to recover a humane understanding of the social sciences. In large part, modern education treats the social sciences with the philosophical is. That means, the human condition is studied as merely observation of what man tends to do. In classical and Christian thought, however, subjects in the social sciences, like anthropology, have historically explored the human condition in relationship to the philosophical ought, the Norms relating to man's ideal conditions and purposes. Dr. Woods has been a Classical Christian educator for nearly 20 years. He has a B.A. in biblical studies and ministry from Point University, an M.A. in religious studies from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in humanities from Florida State University, and most recently, he earned a D.A. from Harrison Middleton University. He developed and chaired the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University for more than 15 years and is the author of Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education, published by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Woods teaches adult learning courses and leads the Teacher Certification Program at Kepler Education. You can find his courses at the link provided.

This is Episode 56 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Robert Woods returns to the Consortium Podcast to walk us through more of the key concepts from his forthcoming book, Neither Angel Nor Beast. Dr. Woods further explains what he believes is the essential need in modern education to recover a humane understanding of the social sciences. In large part, modern education treats the social sciences with the philosophical is. That means, the human condition is studied as merely observation of what man tends to do. In classical and Christian thought, however, subjects in the social sciences, like anthropology, have historically explored the human condition in relationship to the philosophical ought, the Norms relating to man's ideal conditions and purposes. Dr. Woods has been a Classical Christian educator for nearly 20 years. He has a B.A. in biblical studies and ministry from Point University, an M.A. in religious studies from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in humanities from Florida State University, and most recently, he earned a D.A. from Harrison Middleton University. He developed and chaired the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University for more than 15 years and is the author of Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education, published by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Woods teaches adult learning courses and leads the Teacher Certification Program at Kepler Education. You can find his courses at the link provided.

This is Episode 55 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Robert Woods continues his discussion on key concepts from his forthcoming book, Neither Angel Nor Beast, and explains what he believes is the essential need in modern education to recover a humane understanding of the social sciences. In large part, modern education treats the social sciences with the philosophical is. That means, the human condition is studied as merely observation of what man tends to do. In classical and Christian thought, however, subjects in the social sciences, like anthropology, have historically explored the human condition in relationship to the philosophical ought, the Norms relating to man's ideal conditions and purposes. Dr. Woods has been a Classical Christian educator for nearly 20 years. He has a B.A. in biblical studies and ministry from Point University, an M.A. in religious studies from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in humanities from Florida State University, and most recently, he earned a D.A. from Harrison Middleton University. He developed and chaired the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University for more than 15 years and is the author of Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education, published by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Woods teaches adult learning courses and leads the Teacher Certification Program at Kepler Education. You can find his courses at the link provided.

In this episode I talk to George Harrell, a high school humanities teacher with Kepler Education, an online Christian education program, who is also the executive director of the Buchanan Forum, an organization promoting the relationship between liberty and theology. We have a very wide-ranging conversation that is centered on American Biblical illiteracy and how the west has lost sight of the very important narratives contained in the Christian scriptures. We also discuss the difference between public and free-market education, the problems facing our public schools and the ignorance of the average student, the excellent work of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, and the 2024 election.  Media Referenced:George on X: @geharrellGeorge Harrell blog: https://www.shotglassofhistory.com/Kepler Education X: @KeplerEducationKepler Education: https://kepler.education/Buchanan Forum on X: @BuchananForumThe George Buchanan Forum: https://www.tgbf.org/ The Protestant Libertarian Podcast is a project of the Libertarian Christian Institute and a part of the Christians For Liberty Network. The Libertarian Christian Institute can be found at www.libertarianchristians.com. Questions, comments, suggestions? Please reach out to me at theprotestantlibertarian@gmail.com.  You can also follow the podcast on Twitter: @prolibertypod. For more about the show, you can go to theprotestantlibertarianpodcast.com. If you like the show and want to support it, you can! Go to libertarianchristians.com, where you can donate to LCI and buy The Protestant Libertarian Podcast Merch! Also, please consider giving me a star rating and leaving me a review, it really helps expand the shows profile! Thanks!

This is Episode 54 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Robert Woods discusses key concepts from his forthcoming book, Neither Angel Nor Beast, and explains what he believes is the essential need in modern education to recover a humane understanding of the social sciences. In large part, modern education treats the social sciences with the philosophical is. That means, the human condition is studied as merely observation of what man tends to do. In classical and Christian thought, however, subjects in the social sciences, like anthropology, have historically explored the human condition in relationship to the philosophical ought, the Norms relating to man's ideal conditions and purposes. Dr. Woods has been a Classical Christian educator for nearly 20 years. He has a B.A. in biblical studies and ministry from Point University, an M.A. in religious studies from Barry University, and a Ph.D. in humanities from Florida State University, and most recently, he earned a D.A. from Harrison Middleton University. He developed and chaired the Great Books Honors College at Faulkner University for more than 15 years and is the author of Mortimer Adler: The Paideia Way of Classical Education, published by Classical Academic Press. Dr. Woods teaches adult learning courses and leads the Teacher Certification Program at Kepler Education. You can find his courses at the link provided.

This is Episode 53 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, George Harrell discusses our classical inheritance and what it means to receive it. He explains how we have all received an intellectual and cultural inheritance; most of us in North America have received, in large part, a classical Christian inheritance whether we realize it or not. Even when attempting to reject the inheritance, it is confirmation that we have received something to reject. Listen in as George brilliantly unpacks the deeper goodness of inheriting our Western heritage. George is a classical educator and the executive director of the George Buchanan Forum. He grew up in the foothills of northern Idaho, where he immersed himself in the classics, both old and new, as well as the historical worlds that created them. He graduated with an MA in Trinitarian Theology and Letters from New Saint Andrews College in 2013. Since then he has developed and taught online high school courses in the humanities, in addition to writing and publicly lecturing on these topics. This fall, George is teaching American History, Biblical Narrative and Imagery, and Unlocking Middle-earth: How to Read Like Tolkien at Kepler Education.  

This is Episode 52 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Karla Memmott champions Classical Education, discusses the theory and practice of Rhetoric for the modern age, and discusses the reasons why she is hosting the Western Consortium of Classical Educators. Dr. Karla Memmott is a long-time resident of the Sacramento, California area where she lives with her husband, Kyle and dog, Kona. She home-schooled her children. She continues to support homeschooling parents by teaching online and in-person courses which include history, literature, writing, public speaking, and German. Additionally, she and her husband have coached high school mock trial. She is the founder of Acacia Classical Academy, teaches Rhetoric at Kepler Education, and is hosting the Western Consortium of Classical Educators in Sacramento, CA on July 27, 2024.

This is Episode 51 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. This episode is a talk given by Dr. Scott Postma titled "The Undeniable and Universal Value of Beauty" at the New England Consortium of Classical Educators in the summer of 2023. Dr. Scott Postma served as a minister for 20 years and as a Christian educator for nearly 30 years. He is currently the president and CEO of Kepler Education. He has earned degrees in the humanities (Ph.D., Faulkner University), Christian and classical studies (M.A., Knox Theological Seminary), religion and English literature (B.S., Liberty University), and creative writing (A.A., College of Southern Nevada).

This is Episode 50 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Timothy Knotts sits down with Dr. Scott Postma to talk about the New England Consortium of Classical Educators and their mission to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Timothy is a co-founder of the Consortium, and lives in Windsor, Connecticut with his wife, Cynthia, and their four protégés. He is the author of Reasoning Together: Philosophy, a soon to be released high school introduction to philosophy, and is occasionally published on the CiRCE and Kepler blogs. Timothy is a Lead Curriculum Developer for Classical Conversations, a CiRCE Institute certified master teacher, a recovering attorney, an amateur poet, and lover of the beautiful. Learn more about the Consortium of Classical Educators. Learn more about the New England Consortium Summer Conference in Maynard, MA on July 12-13, 2024. For live, online courses in the classical Christian tradition, visit Kepler Education.  

Today, we're talking about how the right educational foundation creates true courageous patriots. I'm joined by my friend Daniel Foucachon from Roman Roads Press. Daniel founded Roman Roads Press in 2011 with the desire to publish a classical Christian curriculum that was designed with the 21st-century learner and homeschooler in mind. Our flagship product is the four-year Old Western Culture great books curriculum, produced with Wes Callihan and several other classical educators. In 2016, he founded Digressio Magazine, the magazine of Roman Roads Press, whose mission was to encourage parents and teachers as they educate their children. In 2019, he founded Kepler Education, a consortium of independent educators and an online platform to empower families by liberating teachers. All of these endeavors have one common goal: to equip parents to give their children a Christian, classical education. To “inherit the Humanities” for themselves and their children. We discuss classical education and how to keep our children from going to school for 13 years and leaving with no real education to speak of.    Resources:  Get your Courageous Patriot Western Civilization Package now at https://romanroadspress.com/courageous-patriots-western-civ-package/* Tennessee after-school Satan club holds first meeting despite protests Join Dr. Steve and Ross Givens on February 28th for a FREE TRAINING to learn how to legally use the corruption to your advantage by learning the insider secrets! Register now at: https://turleytalksinsidertrading.com/* Don't let Big Tech WIN by staying connected to Dr Steve and joining the movement to reclaim our freedoms at: https://join.turleytalks.com/insiders-club=podcast *The content presented by our partners may contain affiliate links. When you click and shop the links, Turley Talks may receive a small commission.*  Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode.  If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and/or leave a review. Sick and tired of Big Tech, censorship, and endless propaganda? Join my Insiders Club with a FREE TRIAL today at: https://insidersclub.turleytalks.com Make sure to FOLLOW me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrTurleyTalks BOLDLY stand up for TRUTH in Turley Merch! Browse our new designs right now at: https://store.turleytalks.com/ Do you want to be a part of the podcast and be our sponsor? Click here to partner with us and defy liberal culture! https://advertising.turleytalks.com/sponsorship If you want to get lots of articles on conservative trends, sign up for the 'New Conservative Age Rising' Email Alerts: https://turleytalks.com/subscribe/. 

This is Episode 49 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. This episode is a workshop on Reading Poetry given by Jennifer Courtney at the New England Consortium of Classical Educators in the summer of 2023.  Jennifer Courtney has a passion for developing curriculum that helps homeschool parents to give their children a classical, Christian education. She and her husband Tim live in Oklahoma and have home educated their four children, three through graduation. She currently serves as the Sr. Global Curriculum Director for Classical Conversations MultiMedia. Jennifer is the author of Ancient World Echoes, Old World Echoes, and New World Echoes. These readers include fairy tales, fables, and poems designed to be read as a family. As a child, Jennifer loved Charles Dickens so much that she used to carry a hardback copy of his stories to kindergarten. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Learn more about the Consortium of Classical Educators. Learn more about the New England Consortium Summer Conference in Maynard, MA on Jul 12-13, 2024. For live, online courses in the classical Christian tradition, visit Kepler Education.  

This is Episode 48 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. This episode is a talk titled "Some Enchanted Reasoning: Music's Joy and Beauty in Classical Christian Education" given by Jarrod Richey at the Southern Consortium of Classical Educators in the summer of 2023. Jarrod Richey is a music educator, choir director, church musician, and author living in northeast Louisiana with his wife and children. He writes about music and education at Musically Speaking. The Southern Consortium of Classical Educators is a teaching and training event for anyone interested in Classical Christian Education. Educators, families, and community leaders can receive professional development and a greater understanding of the purpose and practice of the educational movement sweeping the nation. Learn more about the Consortium of Classical Educators. For live, online courses in the classical Christian tradition, visit Kepler Education.

This is Episode 47 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. This episode is a talk titled "Seven Steps Toward a Classical Life" given by Heatherly Sylvia at the New England Consortium of Classical Educators in the summer of 2023. The New England Consortium of Classical Educators (NECCE) is a institutional partner of Kepler Education and exists to point New England to the unifying Truth found in Christ and His creation, the Good of fellowship with like-minded individuals, and the Beauty reflected in great works of literature, science, and art, through teaching, conversation, and conferences. Learn more about the New England Consortium of Classical Educators or to register for the 2024 NECCE Conference.  For live, online courses in the classical Christian tradition, visit Kepler Education at www.kepler.education. 

This is Episode 46 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Postma is joined by Daniel Foucachon, CEO of Roman Roads Press, to talk about Old Western Culture and what it looks like to be a classically educated entrepreneur and publisher of classical Christian curriculum.  Old Western Culture is an expression coined by C. S. Lewis to talk about historical periods of time and the thinking and philosophies that influenced those periods. Taking a cue from Lewis's observation, Daniel launched a Christian approach to the Great Books curriculum that has become the hub of Roman Roads Press and its growing curriculum and monograph publication arms. To learn more about Old Western Culture or Roman Roads Press, visit their website. Or, to find live online course using Roman Roads Curriculum, visit Kepler at www.kepler.education. 

This is Episode 45 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog of Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Scott Postma is joined by Dr. Gregory Soderberg and his wife, Cynthia, a trained S2C Practitioner, and the director of Spellibrate. Spellibrate is a S2C (Spelling to Communicate) education model that presumes competence in children with special needs while building the skills they need for reliable communication and simultaneously equipping the parents to work with their child. Because Classical Christian Education focuses on teaching students rather than merely teaching a curriculum, there is much in common between these pedagogical methods of education. In this way, Classical Christian Education is poised to help students with special needs, like Autism and Down's Syndrome. To learn more about Classical Christian Education, or online course opportunities for students with special needs, visit Kepler at www.kepler.education or contact Dr. Gregory Soderberg at gregory.soderberg@kepler.education.    NOTE: we apologize for the low-quality audio glitch at 1:15-2:30.

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How to raise up wise leaders + C.S. Lewis pointing the way in these tough times! More from Dr. Scott Postman & Kepler Education! https://kepler.education/t/scott.postma/ MEMBERS! We’re doing giveaways every week! Make sure you’re a Fight Laugh Feast Member to be included! https://flfnetwork.com/product/fightlaughfestclub/?attribute_member-tier=silver-monthly Make sure you keep up with us daily on our Fight Laugh Feast App, The FLF Pub! https://pubtv.flfnetwork.com/tabs/the-pub

Are Christianity and humanism compatible worldviews? In this episode, Robert sits down with Scott Postma, a Christian humanist writer and president of Kepler Education. Scott explains why Christian humanism is probably not what you think, putting it up against another philosophy more are familiar with—secular humanism. He discusses the origins of Christian humanism and the great thinkers behind this philosophy, including the brilliant minds of J. R. R. Tolkien and Flannery O'Connor. Scott also explores what he believes the future of online classical education will look like and how Kepler Education, “a marketplace for live online classical Christian education,” is giving teachers and students of the classics a safe place to learn and discover truth, beauty, and goodness. Of course, no Refining Rhetoric episode is complete without book recommendations. Here, you'll find great entry points to discovering Flannery O'Connor, the philosophy of Christian humanism, and why classical education is just as important now as ever. Show notes: RefiningRhetoric.com/Scott-Postma Classical Conversations® members—you're invited to our 2024 National Events Weekend in sunny Southern Pines, North Carolina! Head over to ClassicalConversationsFoundation.org to learn more.

In this episode Brandon connects with a panel of friends, old and new, to discuss the development of regional Consortiums of Classical Educators. Apprenticeship graduates Timothy Knotts, Jessie Smith, and Carrie Eben, as well as President of Kepler Education, Scott Postma, discuss the formation and goals of these consortiums and how they seek to serve local classical educators.CIRCE Apprenticeship:https://circeinstitute.org/apprenticeship/Central Consortium June 2-3:https://theclassicalconsortium.com/central-consortium/Southern Consortium June 9-10:https://theclassicalconsortium.com/southern-consortium/New England Consortium June 23-24:https://theclassicalconsortium.com/southern-consortium/Join the Quiddity conversation! https://circe.circle.so/c/quiddity/Send questions & comments to podcasts@circeinstitute.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is Episode 44 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma is joined by Kepler's Academic Advisor, Joffre Swait, to discuss generalization and specialization. In a world that is increasingly more specialized, research is demonstrating what classical educators have known all along—generalists are typically more successful in life and work that specialists. While specialists tend to excel in their profession more quickly at the outset, they also stagnate quicker; whereas, generalists are slower out the gate but tend to flourish in a longer more sustained fashion, and do so in all areas of life and work. Learn more about Kepler and Classical Christian Education at www.kepler.education.  

This is Episode 43 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Brent Pinkall, a lecturer in rhetoric at New St. Andrews College and author of the new book, Redeeming the Six Arts: A Christian Approach to Chinese Classical Education joins Scott Postma to talk about the characteristics of the six classical Chinese arts and how they relate to the Western liberal arts.  Brent argues that classical Christian education is not fundamentally a canon of fixed texts or subjects but rather an approach rooted in the Fifth Commandment: Honor thy father and thy mother. Insofar as our ancestors differ, the languages, literature, and arts we study will also differ. Although Chinese Christians share the same "spiritual" fathers as their Western counterparts, their "earthly" fathers are different, and therefore their curriculum must reflect not only a shared "Christian" heritage but also a unique "classical" heritage. Purchase Redeeming the Six Arts here. Learn more about New Saint Andrews College here. Read the Consortium Blog here.  

This is Episode 42 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with Dante Scholar, Joe Carlson, about his new translation of Dante's Divine Comedy. Joe is a graduate of New St Andrews College, in Moscow, ID, completed his MA and is now pursuing PhD in Literature at the University of Dallas. He is married to Jen, they have one son, Joseph Benaiah, and prior to pursuing his doctorate, he served as a pastor in California for seven years. Joe's books can be found at Roman Roads Press and he is teaching a Dante course on the Kepler Education platform in the Spring of 2023. In addition to reading Dante, Joe highly recommends listeners read Michael Ward's book, Planet Narnia.

This is Episode 41 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Mike Wilhelm joins Scott Postma to talk about the Great Books and the life of the mind, ministering to youth as the senior chaplain at a residential child care facility, and the Iona Project—a quasi-neo-monastic gap-year opportunity for college graduates. Dr. Wilhelm is the senior chaplain at Cal Farley Boys Ranch near Amarillo, TX. Cal Farley Boys Ranch is NOT actually exclusively for boys and has been a leader in residential childcare services for over 80 years. CFBR meets the needs of children and families by way of the continued generosity of supporters while never seeking state or federal funds to support the work.  Learn more about the Iona Project, here, or watch the promo video here (3 min). Find, The Brothers Karamazov, here. Find The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris, here.

This is Episode 40 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Dr. Junius Johnson joins Scott Postma to talk about Liberal Arts Education, Great Books, Fantasy, and redeeming the human Imagination. Dr. Johnson is a Yale-trained, independent scholar of theology, philosophy, and literature who devotes his time to thinking and writing about whatever is good, noble, and excellent, and how to bring these things to bear to nurture meaningful lives. He resides in Memphis, TN with his wife, Rebekah, and their two children. You can learn more about Dr. Junius Johnson and the courses he teaches at Junius Johnson Academics. In the podcast, he recommends G. K. Chesterton's Tremendous Trifles.  In November 2022, he is speaking at the Eliot Society on The Imagination at the Heart of Discipleship.    

This is Episode 39 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with Carrie Eben, a classical educator and the founding consultant at Classical Eben. Carrie was introduced to classical education and Douglas Wilson's book Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning in 1999 when she began working at St. Augustine's Classical School in Tulsa. Since then, she has provided a classical education for her children in both private, classical schools (where she taught) and classical homeschool. She joined Classical Conversations in 2010 as an Essentials of the English Language tutor in Keller, Texas and has served in many other leadership and teaching capacities. Today she serves on the board of Sager Classical Academy, a classical Christian school in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. Carrie holds a BSEd degree from John Brown University and MSEd from Oklahoma State University and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Faulkner University.  Together with Dr. Albert Cheng, director of the Classical Education Research Lab at the University of Arkansas, Carrie has a research article forthcoming in The Consortium Journal, "Assessing the Pedagogical Power of Poetry for Poetic Knowledge." In the podcast, Carrie mentioned the book, Deep in Thought: A Practical Guide to Teaching for Intellectual Virtues. Learn more about our sponsor, Kepler Education, and how this consortium of classical Christian educators is helping families connect with some of the top teachers in classical Christian education.

This is Episode 38 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma talks with the executive director of the Rafiki Foundation, Karen Elliott. Rafiki means "friend" in Swahili and depicts the purpose of the Foundation - to help people know God and raise their standard of living with excellence and integrity. Since 1985, the Foundation has been building Rafiki Villages throughout Africa that seek to cultivate human flourishing through Bible study and classical Christian education. Karen has served with Rafiki since 1990, including twelve years on the mission field, primarily in Nigeria. She is now Rafiki's executive director. She holds a BBA in finance/accounting and music minor from Southern Methodist University, Masters degree in Education from UTA and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at Faulkner University.   

This is Episode 37 of the Consortium Podcast, an academic audio blog sponsored by Kepler Education. In this episode, Scott Postma interviews Dr. Chris Swanson, president of Gutenberg College in Eugene, Oregon. Dr. Swanson shares his own unique education journey, Gutenberg's innovative (but not new) approach to a liberal arts education, and why educators should consider attending the Learning for Life Education Conference hosted by Gutenberg College in September each year. This year the conference is September 8-10, 2022.   Learning for Life Education Conference speakers and topics include: Amanda Butler of Classical Conversations “Reclaiming the Art of Conversation” Scott Postma Kepler Education “Preparing Students for a Life Worth Living” Andrew Pudewa Institute for Excellence in Writing “However Imperfectly: Lessons Learned from Three Decades of Teaching” Kathryn Smith Templeton Honors College “A Fairy Tale Education” Andrew Zwerneman Cana Academy “History: Seeing the Whole” Eliot Grasso Gutenberg College “Learning for an Integrated Life” Chris Swanson Gutenberg College “An Inquiry Approach to Mathematics and the Sciences”

On this episode of Anchored, Soren is joined by Daniel Foucachon, founder of Roman Roads Press and Kepler Education, and a member of the Board of Academic Advisors at CLT. Daniel discusses his childhood in France, where he and his siblings were the only homeschoolers in a city of two million. He shares that he started Roman Roads Press and Kepler Education to give parents the agency and tools to provide a classical Christian education to their children. He also discusses the meaning of classical education in relation to Western culture, the importance of the six Chinese arts, and why understanding The Aeneid is key to understanding the American story.

Perseverance of the Saints (part 2) - Or preservation of the saints. What do we mean when we say Perseverance of the Saints? Is it important what we do? Are we supposed to sit back and do nothing? Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Perseverance of the Saints (part 1) - Or preservation of the saints. What do we mean when we say Perseverance of the Saints? Is it important what we do? Are we supposed to sit back and do nothing? Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Irresistible Grace (part 2) - Or efficacious grace, It's grace that works. It's grace that brings about what God wants it to bring about. Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Irresistible Grace - Or efficacious grace, It's grace that works. It's grace that brings about what God wants it to bring about. Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Limited Atonement (part 2) - Jesus died for, who? Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Limited Atonement (part 1) - Jesus died for, who? Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Unconditional Election (part 2) - Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Unconditional Election (part 1) - Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com. 

Part 2 of Total Depravity - Calvinism, the Doctrines of Grace, TULIP. Theology matters and doctrines matter, so how we think about these things must be biblical.  Listen in as pastors Luke, Nick, and Wade are back for another episode of Wrath and Grace Radio. Wrath and Grace Radio is brought to you by Kepler Education, Logos Bible Software, Magothy Payments, and the generous contributions of Patreons like you! Don't forget to use code WGR9 when making your purchases at Logos.com.