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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2023 111:57

On The Literary Life podcast today, our hosts Angelina, Cindy and Thomas sit down for a chat with twin sisters Addison and Ella Hornstra. Together they have been given a literary home education, and this fall they will continue that journey at New College Franklin. Angelina introduces the Hornstra ladies and she and Thomas tell a little bit about having them as students. Cindy also shares how she met the Hornstra family. Then they dig into the girls' reading journeys from the beginning of their learning to read all the way to their current reading lives. Some of the topics that come up in this conversation are: reading content beyond your understanding, owning your reading life, the problem with using the wrong approach to literature, the dangers of modern education for uniquely gifted students, the power of just reading well, and so much more. Come explore, with seasoned moms, the things that stand the test of time in our homeschools at this year's Literary Life Back to School Online Conference. In addition to our hosts, Donna-Jean Breckenridge and a panel of home educating parents and their adult children, will be bringing encouragement and insight to help you on your homeschool journey. This year's conference will be live online on August 2-5, with recordings available for those who cannot join live. Commonplace Quotes: It is bad to spend too many hours over either a microscope or telescope or in gazing fixedly at some one distance range. The eyes need change of focus, and so does the imagination. There has been in modern Europe a shocking riot in misuse of the imagination. The remedy is to learn to use it. But the same kind of people who would like to bandage a child's eyes lest it should learn to squint like to bandage the imagination lest it should wear itself out by squinting. Mary Everest Boole Away from the immense, cloistered in our own concepts, we may scorn and revile everything. But standing between earth and sky, we are silenced by the sight. Abraham Heschel In nature, the bird who gets up earliest catches the most worms, but in book collecting, the prizes fall to birds who know worms when they see them. Michael Sadlier The madman, of all men, lives most in a world of his own. E. J. Oliver Symbols are the nature speech of the soul, a language older and more universal than words. Edmund Spenser Sonnet XIX: On His Blindness by John Milton When I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my Soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he returning chide; “Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?” I fondly ask. But patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, “God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts; who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed And post o'er Land and Ocean without rest: They also serve who only stand and wait.” Books Mentioned: The Philosophy and Fun of Algebra by Mary Everest Boole Thunder in the Soul by Abraham Heschel A Gentle Madness by Nicholas Basbanes Coventry Patmore by E. J. Oliver The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë Beatrix Potter Mistmantle Chronicles by M. I. McAllister Redwall Series by Brian Jacques Poppy Series by Avi The Trumpet of the Swan by E. B. White Ralph Mouse Series by Beverley Cleary The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty In Freedom's Cause by G. A. Henty Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Les Miserables by Victor Hugo Gene Stratton Porter The Chronicles of Prydain Series by Lloyd Alexander Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Phantastes by George MacDonald The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at morningtimeformoms.com, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy's own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let's get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Ep. 085 - On Music & Ratio

Magnus Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2023 52:24

Musician and composer, Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin contemplates music within the quadrivium; he explains why music ought to be ordered rightly in education and how it rests in harmony with the other Liberal Arts. He even discusses a little bit of conspiracy theories. Gregory Wilbur is President and Dean of the College, permanent Trustee, and Senior Fellow at New College Franklin. Over the past years at New College, he has taught courses or sections of Music, Geometry, Cosmology, Moral Philosophy, Poetics, and numerous preceptorials such as The Art of Film, 20th-Century Literature, Hospitality and Cooking, and the Quadrivium. Mr. Wilbur has composed award-winning works for choir, orchestra, film, and corporate worship as well as various commissions. He recently released his fifth CD of congregational hymns called Praise Your Maker.

Confessions of a Christian Philosopher - 2022 National Convivium

Common Places

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2022 41:28

A presentation titled “Confessions of a Christian Philosopher: St. Augustine's Complicated Relationship with Greek Philosophy” by Nathan Johnson. This talk was delivered at the 2022 National Convivium hosted at Davenant House in Landrum, SC. Dr. Johnson is Assistant Dean of Academics, Head of Program, and Teaching Fellow at New College Franklin. Originally from Tennessee with family roots going back to the early 1800s, he joins us after 6 years teaching humanities and composition at Greyfriars Classical Academy in Matthews, North Carolina. He is a Ph.D. candidate in Humanities from Faulkner University.

Followers of the Way: How the Seven Liberal Arts Serve Theology and Ethics

Common Places

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022 62:30

A lecture with Q&A by Mr. Nathan Johnson at the 2022 Florida Regional Convivium entitled "Followers of the Way: How the Seven Liberal Arts Serve Theology and Ethics." Mr. Johnson argues that the historical purpose of the liberal arts was to be a handmaiden to theology and ethics, equipping students to know, love, and imitate God by educating them according to their nature as moral and intellectual beings in the image of God. Nathan Johnson is a PhD candidate in Humanities at Faulkner University. He also holds two M.A. degrees in Biblical Studies and Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary and an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John's College. Currently, he serves as Assistant Dean of Academics, Head of Program, and Teaching Fellow at New College Franklin in Franklin, TN.

Greg Wilbur and Carolyn Weber on Music and the Liberal Arts

Anchored by the Classic Learning Test

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 36:58

On this episode of Anchored, Soren is joined by Greg Wilbur, president and founder of New College Franklin, and Carolyn Weber, professor at New College Franklin and author of Surprised by Oxford. Greg shares how he began a career in higher education after realizing the brokenness of the status quo, with colleges that focused more on job training than educating the whole person. Greg and Carolyn discuss why New College Franklin only offers one major in the Liberal Arts and why this kind of education bears fruit in students regardless of their vocation. The two discuss the importance of music in education, as well as maintaining a sense of wonder.

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Ep. 11: What's Up With New College, Franklin. ft. Nathan Johnson

The Irenic Protestants

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 70:31

In this episode, we are joined by Nathan Johnson to discuss the work being done at New College Franklin in classical and theological education. To learn more about New College Franklin be sure to check out their website: https://www.newcollegefranklin.edu/ Please be sure to visit the new Davenant Hall website where you can sign up for Dr. Lynch's course on Protestant Scholasticism (which can be found here: https://davenanthall.com/)

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Episode 09: The Intersection Between Theology and Classical Education

The Christopher Perrin Show

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 22:09

In this episode, Dr. Perrin and Greg Wilbur of New College Franklin discuss the importance of the intersection between theology and classical education. This conversation was recorded at CiRCE Institute National Conference in Charleston.

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SS #102: Music to My Ears (with Greg Wilbur!!)

Scholé Sisters: Camaraderie for the Classical Homeschooling Mama

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2022 62:57

Our special guest today is the one and only Gregory Wilbur! Greg is founder and president of New College Franklin—a Christian college that concentrates on the classics and the seven liberal arts with a discussion-based approach and spiritual formation. In addition to teaching and developing curriculum, his current academic focus is advancing the disciplines of the Quadrivium by bringing together leading voices in its renewal. An award-winning musician, Greg has released seven albums of his compositions of congregational psalms, hymns and service music as well as theatrical musicals and film scores, and his hymns can be found in more than ten hymnals. Having taught for almost thirty years, he is a frequent speaker on music, the Quadrivium, arts, liturgy, and worship and serves as Chief Musician and liturgist at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, TN. Greg, his wife, Sophia, and daughter, Eleanor, enjoy travel, reading, cooking, taking walks and life in middle Tennessee. In today's episode, Mystie and Brandy dig interrogate Greg about music. In The Liberal Arts Tradition, music appears twice: once as a sort of poetic mode of knowing, and later as a liberal art that looks suspiciously like math. We want to know where instruments come in. *** It's not too late to join the Excellent Marxmanship seminar going on now in the Sistership. Excellent Marxmanship is all about Marx with an X – and how he has made his marx (pun intended!) on the world around us. To join us as we read Plutarch, the Communist Manifesto, and more, go to scholesisters.com/marx *** Click here to access today's show notes. Click here to join the Sistership.

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Episode 114: The Literary Life of Dr. Carolyn Weber

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 86:47

This week on The Literary Life podcast, we are excited to bring you a much anticipated interview with Dr. Carolyn Weber, author of the popular memoir, Surprised by Oxford. She is also currently a professor at New College Franklin. To keep up with Carolyn, visit carolynweber.com or follow her on Facebook. Angelina and Cindy kick off the conversation by asking Carolyn about her childhood and how she came to love reading. They talk about her experience in school education and whether that differed from her personal reading life. Carolyn talks about her love of teaching and her immersive literary education experience at Oxford. She also expands on the way that reading the Bible for the first time opened her eyes to so many more of the truths in the literature she had read. Commonplace Quotes: Unexpectedly, it was Oxford that taught me it was okay to be both feminine and smart, that intelligence was, as a friend put it, a “woman's best cosmetic.” Carolyn Weber I'm like an addict when it comes to books. Compelled to read, understand, savor, wrangle with, be moved by, learn to live from these silent companions who speak so loudly. Surely some language must have a word for such a “book junkie”? Carolyn Weber We must not, that is, try to behave as though the Fall had never occurred nor yet say that the Fall was a Good Thing in itself. But we may redeem the Fall by a creative act. Dorothy Sayers Batter my heart, three-person'd God by John Donne Batter my heart, three-person'd God, for you As yet but knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurp'd town to another due, Labor to admit you, but oh, to no end; Reason, your viceroy in me, me should defend, But is captiv'd, and proves weak or untrue. Yet dearly I love you, and would be lov'd fain, But am betroth'd unto your enemy; Divorce me, untie or break that knot again, Take me to you, imprison me, for I, Except you enthrall me, never shall be free, Nor ever chaste, except you ravish me. Book List: Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber Holy Is the Day by Carolyn Weber The Mind of the Maker by Dorothy Sayers Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë Robertson Davies Margaret Atwood Stephen Leacock Flannery O'Connor Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Last Child in the Woods by Richard Louv Mousekins books by Edna Miller Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell Paradise Lost by John Milton The Crosswicks Journals by Madeleine L'Engle Elizabeth Goudge Frederick Buechner Frankenstein by Mary Shelley The Epic of Gilgamesh Number the Stars by Lois Lowry The Giver by Lois Lowry The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass by Adrian Plass A Small Cup of Light by Ben Palpant Letters from the Mountain by Ben Palpant Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon Come Away, My Beloved by Frances J. Roberts The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at morningtimeformoms.com, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy's own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let's get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Carolyn Weber was surprised by Oxford.

The Habit

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2021 39:36

Memoirist Carolyn Weber is the author of Surprised by Oxford and Sex and the City of God. This conversation between Dr. Weber and Jonathan Rogers was recorded in front of a live audience at New College Franklin, where Dr. Weber is a professor. They discuss St. Augustine, spiritual memoir, and the idea that "selection is the hardest part of creation." Support the show: https://therabbitroom.givingfuel.com/member See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mercy, Justice, and Missions: Dr. George Grant

The Missions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 50:24

Everyone is debating social justice. But what happened to mercy ministry? Have we forgotten compassion in the midst of our gospel preaching? Dr. George Grant explains how mercy and justice flow from gospel proclamation, sharing his insights from working with homeless, advocating for the unborn, and even helping plant classical Christian schools in the Middle East. Dr. George Grant is the Pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, Founder of New College Franklin, President of the King's Meadow Study Center and Founder of Franklin Classical School. His work on behalf of the homeless, for international relief and development, for racial reconciliation and for the sanctity of life has been profiled in such varied media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Focus on the Family, The 700 Club, the Coral Ridge Hour, Point of View, Crossfire, World Magazine and Christianity Today. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities and regular classes in literature, history, theology and the arts, George maintains an active writing and speaking schedule at home and around the world. He has degrees in Political Science at the University of Houston (B.A.), Philosophy at Whitefield Theological Seminary (M.A., D. Litt, PhD.), Humanities at Belhaven College (D. Hum.), and Theology at Knox Theological Seminary (D. Min. Cand.). He makes his home on the east side of Franklin with his wife Karen (and their dogs, books, and gardens). They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Learn more about George's work on his website. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodstg.wpengine.com. The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE International and the Global Gospel Fund. This episode is also sponsored by Radius International, Fusion, and Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention. Abuse Prevention National Conference 2021 attendees: use promo code ABWE21 to receive 20% off your registration.

Mercy, Justice, and Missions: Dr. George Grant

The Missions Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 50:24

Everyone is debating social justice. But what happened to mercy ministry? Have we forgotten compassion in the midst of our gospel preaching? Dr. George Grant explains how mercy and justice flow from gospel proclamation, sharing his insights from working with homeless, advocating for the unborn, and even helping plant classical Christian schools in the Middle East. Dr. George Grant is the Pastor of Parish Presbyterian Church, Founder of New College Franklin, President of the King's Meadow Study Center and Founder of Franklin Classical School. His work on behalf of the homeless, for international relief and development, for racial reconciliation and for the sanctity of life has been profiled in such varied media outlets as the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Focus on the Family, The 700 Club, the Coral Ridge Hour, Point of View, Crossfire, World Magazine and Christianity Today. In addition to his pastoral responsibilities and regular classes in literature, history, theology and the arts, George maintains an active writing and speaking schedule at home and around the world. He has degrees in Political Science at the University of Houston (B.A.), Philosophy at Whitefield Theological Seminary (M.A., D. Litt, PhD.), Humanities at Belhaven College (D. Hum.), and Theology at Knox Theological Seminary (D. Min. Cand.). He makes his home on the east side of Franklin with his wife Karen (and their dogs, books, and gardens). They have three grown children and six grandchildren. Learn more about George's work on his website. Want to ask a question or suggest a topic? Email alex@missionspodcast.com. The Missions Podcast is powered by ABWE International and the Global Gospel Fund. This episode is also sponsored by Radius International, Fusion, and Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention. Abuse Prevention National Conference 2021 attendees: use promo code ABWE21 to receive 20% off your registration.

Ep. 26QT - In Defense of Looting(?) [with Nathan Johnson]

Christ and Capital Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 32:09

In Defense of Looting? Did someone really write a book with this controversial title? Yes. It’s as crazy as it sounds. Nathan and I dissect the points the author makes (based on an interview that NPR did with the author). We talk classism, utopia, gaslighting, and the Gospel. How does this relate to economics and business? Listen and find out. NPR Interview: In Defense of LootingNPR Interview - In Defense of Looting Nathan teaches at New College Franklin. Send your kids to school here: https://newcollegefranklin.org De Ambigua - https://deambigua.wordpress.com Get come merch, read a blog: https://www.christandcapital.com —————————————————————————————————- Music By: SUNDANCETrack Title: Persephone - Retro FunkyCreation: SUNDANCE (Remix)My additions: clips from Jay Richards, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Gary Vaynerchuk, JeffDurbin, and Gary North.

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CP Mid-week Fix: Riots, Revolution, and American Independence w/Dr. George Grant

CrossPolitic Show

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 30:20

George Grant About Dr. Pastor George Grant pastors Parish Presbyterian Church, is Director of the King’s Meadow Study Center, Founder of both Franklin Classical School and New College Franklin, and Coordinator of the Chalmers Fund. He makes his home in Middle Tennessee near the historic town of Franklin with his wife and co-author Karen. He […]

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CP Mid-week Fix: Riots, Revolution, and American Independence w/Dr. George Grant

FLF, LLC

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 30:20

George Grant About Dr. Pastor George Grant pastors Parish Presbyterian Church, is Director of the King’s Meadow Study Center, Founder of both Franklin Classical School and New College Franklin, and Coordinator of the Chalmers Fund. He makes his home in Middle Tennessee near the historic town of Franklin with his wife and co-author Karen. He […]

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Episode 47: The Great Divorce, Preface & Ch. 1

Christ and Capital Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2020 83:55

On The Literary Life podcast today, Cindy Rollins, Angelina Stanford and Thomas Banks begin their series on The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis. Today you are going to get a crash-course in Medievalism through Lewis’ story, and we hope you will enjoy this book as much as our hosts do. Angelina kicks off the discussion even while sharing her commonplace quote, sharing some information about the epigraph and front matter. She gives us some historical context, both for where this books comes in Lewis’ own timeline, as well as some ideas of the journey of the soul and medieval dream literature. Thomas gives some background on Prudentius and his allegorical work The Psychomachia. Angelina goes into some comparisons between The Great Divorce and Dante’s Divine Comedy. Thomas talks about Nathanial Hawthorne’s short story The Celestial Railroad as a satire of Pilgrim’s Progress. Also, if you haven’t read and listened to E. M. Forster’s Celestial Omnibus, see Episode 17. As they get into discussing the Preface, Thomas give us some information on William Blake. We will be back next week with a discussion on Chapters 2-6. Listen to The Literary Life: Commonplace Quotes: We do not obtain the most precious gifts by going in search of them but by waiting for them. Man cannot discover them by his own powers and if he sets out to seek for them he will find in their place counterfeits of which he will be unable to discern the falsity. Simone Weil No, there is no escape. There is no heaven with a little of hell in it–no plan to retain this of that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets. Out Satan must go, every hair and feather. George MacDonald A poet is not a man who says “look at me”, but rather a man who points at something and says “look at that.” C. S. Lewis MCMXIV by Philip Larkin Those long uneven lines Standing as patiently As if they were stretched outside The Oval or Villa Park, The crowns of hats, the sun On moustached archaic faces Grinning as if it were all An August Bank Holiday lark; And the shut shops, the bleached Established names on the sunblinds, The farthings and sovereigns, And dark-clothed children at play Called after kings and queens, The tin advertisements For cocoa and twist, and the pubs Wide open all day– And the countryside not caring: The place names all hazed over With flowering grasses, and fields Shadowing Domesday lines Under wheat’s restless silence; The differently-dressed servants With tiny rooms in huge houses, The dust behind limousines; Never such innocence, Never before or since, As changed itself to past Without a word–the men Leaving the gardens tidy, The thousands of marriages, Lasting a little while longer: Never such innocence again. Book List: Amazon affiliate links are used in this content. The Princess and Curdie by George MacDonald The Personal Heresy by C. S. Lewis and E. M. Tillyard The Aeneid by Virgil The Divine Comedy by Dante Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan The Holy War by John Bunyan Ourselves by Charlotte Mason A Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Songs of Innocence and Experience by William Blake Paradise Lost by John Milton Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis The Weight of Glory by C. S. Lewis Thanks to Our Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin. We want to encourage you to check out their 2020 Spring Preview Days happening online via Zoom conferencing. Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy’s own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Ep. 8 - How Do Jesus’ Parables Apply to The Business Setting? [with Nathan Johnson]

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2020 55:28

In this episode I am joined again by the one and only Nathan Johnson (no relation) to talk about Jesus’ parables. How do we apply them to the business setting? Does the parable of the vineyard workers ascribe property rights to us? Are minimum wage laws biblical? Is God’s Word applicable on mars? Join us as we tackle these questions and more. Nathan is well qualified to provide valuable insights in this discussion: Nathan holds a B.A. in English Literature from Bryan College and two M.A.s in Bible and Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary; he is currently pursuing an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College and has recently been accepted into Faulkner University’s Ph.D. in Humanities program. He has taught literature, history, writing, and theology at Greyfriars Classical Academy for six years and has recently been hired as a Professor of Moral Philosophy at New College Franklin in Franklin, TN. In addition to these, Nathan regularly blogs at De Ambigua, a blog site dedicated to exploring difficult topics through the lens of scripture. https://deambigua.wordpress.com/ You can also reach Nathan regarding the De Ambigua content via his email: Deambigua@gmail.com ————————————————————————- Music By: SUNDANCETrack Title: Persephone - Retro FunkyCreation: SUNDANCE (Remix)My additions: clips from Jay Richards, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Gary Vaynerchuk, Jeff Durban, and Gary North.

Episode 46: "The Importance of Being Earnest" Act 3

Christ and Capital Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 82:30

On today’s episode of The Literary Life podcast, our fearless hosts discuss Oscar Wilde’s unraveling of the tangle of plot points in Act 3 of The Importance of Being Earnest. Cindy Rollins talks about her reaction to Act 3 and how it gets resolved. Thomas Banks observes how Wilde sets up the conflict with the possibility to become a tragedy like Oedipus Rex instead of a comedy. Angelina Stanford talks about the theme of the identity quest, tokens of identity and foundlings in literature. The conversation, as in previous episodes, centers around the way Wilde pokes fun at Victorian ideals and cliches. Commonplace Quotes: Wear your learning like your watch, in a private pocket; and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show that you have one. Lord Chesterfield We must travel this path as lovers, amateurs, of the Word and of words because all things reveal themselves more truly to the eyes of love. Stratford Caldecott Time’s glory is to calm contending kings, To unmask falsehood, and bring truth to light, To stamp the seal of time in aged things, To wake the morn and sentinel the night, To wrong the wronger till he render right; To ruinate proud buildings with thy hours, And smear with dust their glittering golden towers. William Shakespeare Easter Wings by George Herbert Lord, who createdst man in wealth and store, Though foolishly he lost the same, Decaying more and more, Till he became Most poore: With thee O let me rise As larks, harmoniously, And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight in me. My tender age in sorrow did beginne And still with sicknesses and shame. Thou didst so punish sinne, That I became Most thinne. With thee Let me combine, And feel thy victorie: For, if I imp my wing on thine, Affliction shall advance the flight in me. Book List: Beauty in the Word by Stratford Caldecott Oedipus Rex by Sophocles The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle Brigadier Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Nigel by Arthur Conan Doyle Howards End by E. M. Forster Bleak House by Charles Dickens A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde The Great Divorce by C. S. Lewis Thanks to Our Sponsor: This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin. We want to encourage you to check out their 2020 Spring Preview Days happening online via Zoom conferencing. Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: You can find Angelina and Thomas at HouseofHumaneLetters.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/. Check out Cindy’s own Patreon page also! Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Ep. 7 - Laws, Genres, and The Virtuous Businessman [with Nathan Johnson]

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 58:50

In this episode I am joined by the one and only Nathan Johnson (no relation) to talk about God’s law. What are the different types of laws in the scriptures? Mosaic Law, prescriptive laws in narrative form, proverbs, psalms, etc. How do we think about applying these in the marketplace setting? We have a brief discussion about Theonomy and the general equity approach to Old Testament law application. ‘Thou shalt build a parapet around the roof of your house’, thou shalt not muzzle an ox as it treads out the grain’, are these laws really binding on us today? Nathan is well qualified to provide valuable insights in this discussion: Nathan holds a B.A. in English Literature from Bryan College and two M.A.s in Bible and Theology from Reformed Theological Seminary; he is currently pursuing an M.A. in Liberal Arts from St. John’s College and has recently been accepted into Faulkner University’s Ph.D. in Humanities program. He has taught literature, history, writing, and theology at Greyfriars Classical Academy for six years and has recently been hired as a Professor of Moral Philosophy at New College Franklin in Franklin, TN. In addition to these, Nathan regularly blogs at De Ambigua, a blog site dedicated to exploring difficult topics through the lens of scripture. https://deambigua.wordpress.com/ You can also reach Nathan regarding the De Ambigua content via his email: Deambigua@gmail.com ————————————————————————- Music By: SUNDANCETrack Title: Persephone - Retro FunkyCreation: SUNDANCE (Remix)My additions: clips from Jay Richards, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Gary Vaynerchuk, JeffDurban, and Gary North.

Episode 31: Our Year in Reading

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2019 102:33

In this last episode of 2019, our Literary Life podcast hosts chat all about their past year in books, as well as what they hope to read in the coming year. Cindy, Angelina and Thomas begin by sharing some commonplace quotes from books they read in 2019. They discuss their strategies for planning their reading goals and how they curate their "to be read" lists. Each host also share some highlights from their year in books. Angelina then introduces The Literary Life Podcast 20 for 2020 Reading Challenge. She talks about how to approach this reading challenge. Then our hosts talk a little about each category in the challenge and give some of their possible book picks for 2020. Cindy mentions a list of Shakespeare's plays in chronological order. She also has a list of "Books for Cultivating Honorable Boys." Thanks to Our Sponsor: Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation In Memoriam by Alfred, Lord Tennyson Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. Ring out the grief that saps the mind For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes But ring the fuller minstrel in. Ring out false pride in place and blood, The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be. Book List: (Affiliate links are used in this content.) Winter Hours by Mary Oliver Rules for the Dance by Mary Oliver Characters of Shakespeare’s Plays by William Hazlitt The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Faerie Queen by Edmund Spenser Miracles by C. S. Lewis Kristen Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. Tolkein Leaf by Niggle by J. R. Tolkein Time and Chance by Sharon Kay Penman Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev The Home of the Gentry by Ivan Turgenev The Killer and the Slain by Hugh Walpole Trent’s Last Case by E. C. Bentley Excellent Women by Barbara Pym The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham The Crane Wife by Sumiko Yagawa Susan Hill P. D. James Crow Lake by Mary Lawson Wendell Berry Rules of Civility by Amor Towles The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Oedipus Rex by Sophocles The Bacchae by Euripides Prince Albert by A. N. Wilson Marie Antoinette by Hilaire Belloc Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland How the Heather Looks by Joan Bodger Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone Silence by Shusako Endo Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe Cry, The Beloved Country by Alan Paton Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari Till We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis Moby Dick by Herman Melville Paradise Regained by John Milton Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift Candide by Voltaire The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis Lyrical Ballads by Coleridge and Wordsworth The Hundredfold by Anthony Esolen Motherland by Sally Thomas The Autobiograhy of a Cad by A. G. Macdonell Elizabeth Goudge Miss Read Ellis Peters Edith Pargeter George Eliot Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte The Oxford Book of Essays How to Travel with a Salmon by Umberto Eco The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck The Crucible by Arthur Miller Savage Messiah by Jim Proser Becoming by Michelle Obama Abigail by Magda Szabo Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

Episode 29: Northanger Abbey, Ch. 25-End

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 73:56

Welcome to the final episode in our series on Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. On The Literary Life Podcast today, Angelina Stanford, Cindy Rollins and Thomas Banks go chapter by chapter through the end of the book. First we see that Catherine finally comes to the realization that people are a mixture of good and bad, not all angels or villains. Cindy and Angelina point out the ways that Catherine does not follow the typical behavior of a heroine in a sentimental novel but is actually more sensible. Our hosts discuss General Tilney’s character and the similarities he shares with the Thorpes. Thomas points out the parallel sleepless night scenes and that Catherine now doesn’t need imaginary fears because she has real dangers to worry about. Austen parodies several more themes of the sentimental novels in this section, culminating with Henry Tilney’s unromantic proposal and the rather ordinary way in which everything gets worked out. Our hosts chuckle over Austen’s way of poking fun at closing with a moral. Come back next week for a special Literary Life of…. episode on Christmas Eve. Join the Patreon community to take part in a Live Q&A on Northanger Abbey. Then join us in the new year for Shakespeare, and so much more! Thanks to Our Sponsor: Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation. The Clod and the Pebble by William Blake “Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath any care, But for another gives its ease, And builds a Heaven in Hell’s despair.” So sung a little Clod of Clay Trodden with the cattle’s feet, But a Pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: “Love seeketh only self to please, To bind another to its delight, Joys in another’s loss of ease, And builds a Hell in Heaven’s despite.” Book List: (Affiliate links are used in this content.) A Prayer for My Son by Hugh Walpole The Killer and The Slain by Hugh Walpole Mr. Standfast by John Buchan To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee A Circle of Quiet by Madeleine L’Engle Walking on Water by Madeleine L’Engle Penseés by Blaise Pascal Camilla by Fanny Burney The History of Rassellas by Samuel Johnson Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Episode 28: Northanger Abbey, Ch. 18-24

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 68:40

In this week's episode of The Literary Life, our host are back to discuss chapters 18-24 of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. Cindy, Angelina and Thomas start out sharing the things that struck them as they read this particular section of the book. Angelina highlight's Catherine's growing ability to judge between appearances and reality. We see the great contrast between Henry Tilney with John Thorpe throughout these chapters, and we learn how different the abbey is from Catherine's sentimental expectations. Another point that Angelina brings to the forefront is that Catherine is looking for hidden dangers, but she doesn’t see the real, ordinary dangers of people like the Thorpes. Cindy highlights the way Austen points to some problems with equating English-ness with Christianity and exceptionalism. Thomas underlines Henry Tilney’s own moment of naïveté about what evils actually do exist, even in his own family. Throughout this whole section, one main theme is the undeceiving of Catherine, and this is a big turning point for her. Thanks to Our Sponsor: Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation. Penelope by Elizabeth Jennings Weave on Penelope, you must, Waiting for your lover who Travels half the world. No lust Only love abides in you. The suitors come. You cast them off. Let your faithful weaving go On and on until your love Can return and cherish you. Book List: Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Love and Friendship (film) Lady Susan by Jane Austen I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith Mill on the Floss by George Eliot Adam Beede by George Eliot Atonement by Ian McEwan The Lord of the Flies by William Golding Persuasion by Jane Austen Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Episode 27: Northanger Abbey, Ch. 11-17

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 78:10

Today on The Literary Life, Cindy, Angelina and Thomas dig into chapters 11-17 of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. Today’s conversation gets into the subtext surrounding what was expected of young ladies to be acceptable in society. A major theme in this book, and particularly in these chapters, is Catherine’s learning to discern between what is simply appearance and what is reality. We learn even more in these chapters how inconstant and deceptive the Thorpes are, especially in contrast to the Tilneys. Angelina highlights some of the scenes Austen uses to illustrate when it is right for Catherine to buck the rules of propriety as opposed to Isabella’s impropriety at the wrong time. Thomas brings up the question of what reasons we have thus far to like Henry Tilney even though we do not know overly much about him yet. Cindy points out some of Austen’s ideas on education and the similarities to Charlotte Mason’s principles. Thanks to Our Sponsor: Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation. Also, be sure to check out Thomas Banks’ webinar, The Poetry of Advent, taking place on December 4, 2019. Spring and Fall by Gerard Manley Hopkins to a young child Márgarét, áre you gríeving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leáves like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? Ah! ás the heart grows older It will come to such sights colder By and by, nor spare a sigh Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie; And yet you wíll weep and know why. Now no matter, child, the name: Sórrow’s spríngs áre the same. Nor mouth had, no nor mind, expressed What heart heard of, ghost guessed: It ís the blight man was born for, It is Margaret you mourn for. Book List: (Amazon Affiliate Links) Surprised by Oxford by Carolyn Weber Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson Assessments and Anticipations by William Ralph Inge A Father’s Legacy to His Daughters by John Gregory A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Episode 26: Northanger Abbey, Ch. 3-10

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2019 76:29

Today on The Literary Life Podcast, our hosts Angelina Stanford and Cindy Rollins, along with Thomas Banks, are discussing chapters 4-10 of Northanger Abbey. They start out talking about Jane Austen’s light touch and her gentle satirical way of pointing out the pros and cons of the novel. Angelina and Thomas bring up some of the historical and social context for this setting in Regency period Bath. They contrast the proper social code with the way the Thorpes behave and with Catherine Morland’s naïvetè and innocence. Cindy laughs about the way in which Jane Austen pokes fun at the novel’s form while writing a novel herself. After the critics’ early disgust for the novel, Jane Austen elevated the form to the point that they finally had to recognize the novel as a worthy work of literature. Cindy also brings up the idea that Austen may have partly written this novel because she wanted to talk with others about all these books that she references. They chat about all the things that occurred in history that led up to the availability of the novel to the masses, and to women in particular. Angelina observes that Austen plays with the tropes within a realistic situation in contrast to the over-the-top situations presented in sensational novels of the period. They wrap up the conversation with highlights about the different characters and what we can be looking for in the next several chapters. Thanks to Our Sponsor: Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation. Also, be sure to check out Thomas Banks’ webinar, The Poetry of Advent, taking place on December 4, 2019. Love and Live by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester All my past life is mine no more, The flying hours are gone, Like transitory dreams giv’n o’er, Whose images are kept in store By memory alone. The time that is to come is not; How can it then be mine? The present moment’s all my lot; And that, as fast as it is got, Phyllis, is only thine. Then talk not of inconstancy, False hearts, and broken vows; If I, by miracle, can be This live-long minute true to thee, ’Tis all that Heav’n allows. Book List: Summer Lightning by P. G. Wodehouse Pamela by Samuel Richardson Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and Coleridge Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Becoming Jane (film) Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham Lady Susan by Jane Austen Love and Friendship (film) Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Episode 25: Northanger Abbey, Ch. 1-2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 71:30

This week on The Literary Life podcast, our hosts are pleased to begin talking about Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. For this introduction episode Cindy Rollins and Angelina Stanford are joined by Thomas Banks. Together they discuss the advent of the novel as a form, as well as some predecessors of Austen. Angelina points out Austen's satirical voice in poking fun at the sentimental novel in the first few chapters. She also encourages us to look for the real life dangers the main characters encounter in contrast to those sensations of the popular sentimental or Gothic novel. Furthermore, we ought to notice who is reading various genres of literature and what that says about those characters. Cindy and Angelina also talk about Jane Austen's writing and her economy of style and the lasting quality of her books. Along with criticism of sensationalism, Austen also adds a healthy dose of criticism of the education given young women in her day. We also learn that this is a novel of development as we watch Catherine Moorland learn her way around the world. Thanks to Our Sponsors- Located in beautiful Franklin Tennessee, New College Franklin is a four year Christian Liberal Arts college dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. We seek to enrich and disciple students intellectually, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, to guide them to wisdom and a life of service to God, neighbors, and creation. Also, be sure to check out Cindy's new Patreon page, Morning Time for Moms discipleship group, as well as Thomas and Angelina's webinar sessions on Dicken's A Christmas Carol. The Dying Christian to His Soul by Alexander Pope Vital spark of heav’nly flame! Quit, O quit this mortal frame: Trembling, hoping, ling’ring, flying, O the pain, the bliss of dying! Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away! What is this absorbs me quite? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? Tell me, my soul, can this be death? The world recedes; it disappears! Heav’n opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring! Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting? Book List: (Affiliate Links) Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Tom Jones by Henry Fielding Pamela by Samuel Richardson Fanny Burney Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliff Castle Rackrent by Maria Edgeworth The Castle of Ontranto by Horace Walpol Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg Othello by William Shakespeare Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon, and get some amazing bonus content! Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com, on Instagram @angelinastanford, and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net, on Instagram @cindyordoamoris and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Follow The Literary Life on Instagram, and jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Episode 19: The Literary Life of Greg Wilbur

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2019 88:29

In this episode of The Literary Life, Cindy and Angelina interview Greg Wilbur. A composer, music minister, and the president of New College Franklin, Greg has also been friends with both Cindy and Angelina for several years. After sharing their commonplace quotes, and all the meaty discussion that surrounded the topics in those quotes, Cindy asks Greg when he became aware that he was a reader. Greg talks about growing up in a reading family, as well as the influence of his high school English teacher. During his college years, Greg minored in English, and he tells about his favorite professor and the great works he had the privilege to study. Cindy, Angelina and Greg chat about building a library without letting reading and book-buying becoming too much of an obsession. Greg also talks about his strategies to keep reading widely and get himself out of a reading slump. Angelina and Greg agree on the value of reading for pleasure as well as work and keeping track of what type of books you are dipping into daily. Cindy also asks Greg the million dollar question--to name a few of his favorite authors. Arabia by Walter de la Mare Far are the shades of Arabia, Where the Princes ride at noon, 'Mid the verdurous vales and thickets, Under the ghost of the moon; And so dark is that vaulted purple Flowers in the forest rise And toss into blossom 'gainst the phantom stars Pale in the noonday skies. Sweet is the music of Arabia In my heart, when out of dreams I still in the thin clear mirk of dawn Descry her gliding streams; Hear her strange lutes on the green banks Ring loud with the grief and delight Of the dim-silked, dark-haired Musicians In the brooding silence of night. They haunt me — her lutes and her forests; No beauty on earth I see But shadowed with that dream recalls Her loveliness to me: Still eyes look coldly upon me, Cold voices whisper and say — 'He is crazed with the spell of far Arabia, They have stolen his wits away.' Book List: (Amazon Affiliate Links) The Order of Things by James Schall The Educated Imagination by Northrup Frye The Measure of My Days by Florida Scott-Maxwell How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg James A. Michener books Mrs. Polifax series by Dorothy Gilman The Elizabethan World Picture by E. M. Tillyard Up From Slavery by Booker T. Washington P. G. Wodehouse The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink The Melendy Quartet by Elizabeth Enright Redwall series by Brian Jacques Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Little Britches by Ralph Moody An Experiment in Criticism by C. S. Lewi Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin Mark Helprin Leif Enger Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh The End of the Affair by Graham Greene The Mabinogion The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett The Novels of Charles Williams by Thomas Howard That Hideous Strength by C. S. Lewis The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton Beauty for Truth's Sake by Stratford Caldecott Support The Literary Life: Become a patron of The Literary Life podcast as part of the “Friends and Fellows Community” on Patreon. Thanks for your support! Connect with Us: Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB

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Gaudy Night: Chapters 1-3

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 66:52

Today’s Book List: (affiliate links) Gaudy Night, Strong Poison, Clouds of Witness, Unnatural Death, Five Red Herrings, Murder Must Advertise, The Nine Tailors, and The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy Sayers Seeking God by Esther de Waal and Kathleen Norris The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis Essays by Dorothy Sayers: Are Women Human?, The Mind of the Maker, and Letters to a Diminished Church Find out more about our sponsor, New College Franklin at https://newcollegefranklin.org/ Connect with us! Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB Today’s poem: A Slice of Wedding Cake by Robert Graves Why have such scores of lovely, gifted girls Married impossible men? Simple self-sacrifice may be ruled out, And missionary endeavour, nine times out of ten. Repeat 'impossible men': not merely rustic, Foul-tempered or depraved (Dramatic foils chosen to show the world How well women behave, and always have behaved). Impossible men: idle, illiterate, Self-pitying, dirty, sly, For whose appearance even in City parks Excuses must be made to casual passers-by. Has God's supply of tolerable husbands Fallen, in fact, so low? Or do I always over-value woman At the expense of man? Do I? It might be so.

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The Importance of the Detective Novel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2019 61:34

Today’s Book List: (affiliate links) The World’s Last Night and Lilies That Fester by C.S. Lewis The Five Red Herrings, Murder Must Advertise, and Gaudy Night by Dorothy L Sayers Nancy Drew #45: The Spider Sapphire Mystery by Carolyn Keene The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Footsteps at the Lock by Ronald Knox Multiple novels by Agatha Christie Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Purloined Letter by Edgar Allan Poe The Moonstone and The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins The Albert Campion series by Margery Allingham The Roderick Alleyn series by Ngaio Marsh The Flavia de Luce series by Allen Bradley The Inspector Appleby Mystery series by Michael Innes The Daughter of Time and Miss Pym Disposes by Josephine Tey Murder Fantastical by Patricia Moyes The Cormoran Strike series by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) Multiple novels by Alexander McCall Smith Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series by Laurie King The Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny Brave New World by David Archer The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael series by Ellis Peters The Adam Dalgliesh Series by P.D. James Find out more about our sponsor, New College Franklin at https://newcollegefranklin.org/ Connect with us! Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB Today’s poem: The Listeners by Walter De La Mare ‘Is there anybody there?’ said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door; And his horse in the silence champed the grasses Of the forest’s ferny floor: And a bird flew up out of the turret, Above the Traveller’s head: And he smote upon the door again a second time; ‘Is there anybody there?’ he said. But no one descended to the Traveller; No head from the leaf-fringed sill Leaned over and looked into his grey eyes, Where he stood perplexed and still. But only a host of phantom listeners That dwelt in the lone house then Stood listening in the quiet of the moonlight To that voice from the world of men: Stood thronging the faint moonbeams on the dark stair, That goes down to the empty hall, Hearkening in an air stirred and shaken By the lonely Traveller’s call. And he felt in his heart their strangeness, Their stillness answering his cry, While his horse moved, cropping the dark turf, ’Neath the starred and leafy sky; For he suddenly smote on the door, even Louder, and lifted his head:— ‘Tell them I came, and no one answered, That I kept my word,’ he said. Never the least stir made the listeners, Though every word he spake Fell echoing through the shadowiness of the still house From the one man left awake: Ay, they heard his foot upon the stirrup, And the sound of iron on stone, And how the silence surged softly backward, When the plunging hoofs were gone.

The Interview Episode

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 54:42

Today’s Book List: (affiliate links) One Writer’s Beginnings by Eudora Welty Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art by Madeleine L’Engle The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers That Hideous Strength by C.S. Lewis Fairacre and Thrush Green series by Miss Read Arabian Nights Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Legends of King Arthur Series by Rosemary Sutcliff The Jeeves and Wooster series by P.G. Wodehouse The Lord Peter novels and Are Women Human? Dorothy Sayers Find out more about our sponsor, New College Franklin at https://newcollegefranklin.org/ Connect with us! Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB Today’s poem: If I Could Tell You by W.H. Auden Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know. If we should weep when clowns put on their show, If we should stumble when musicians play, Time will say nothing but I told you so. There are no fortunes to be told, although, Because I love you more than I can say, If I could tell you I would let you know. The winds must come from somewhere when they blow, There must be reasons why the leaves decay; Time will say nothing but I told you so. Perhaps the roses really want to grow, The vision seriously intends to stay; If I could tell you I would let you know. Suppose the lions all get up and go, And all the brooks and soldiers run away; Will Time say nothing but I told you so? If I could tell you I would let you know.

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What is the Literary Life?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 43:12

Today's Book List: (affiliate links) An Experiment in Criticism by C.S. Lewis The Children’s Homer, The Golden Fleece, The Stone of Victory, and other Tales by Padraic Colum For the Children’s Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay Mutliple novels by Elizabeth Gaskell Leisure: The Basis of Culture by Joseph Pieper Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers Find out more about our sponsor, New College Franklin at https://newcollegefranklin.org/ Connect with us! Find Angelina at https://angelinastanford.com and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ANGStanford/ Find Cindy at https://cindyrollins.net and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/cindyrollins.net/ Jump into our private Facebook group, The Literary Life Discussion Group, and let’s get the book talk going! http://bit.ly/literarylifeFB Today’s poem: The Truisms by Louis MacNeice His father gave him a box of truisms Shaped like a coffin, then his father died; The truisms remained on the mantlepiece As wooden as the play box they had been packed in Or that his father skulked inside. Then he left home, left the truisms behind him Still on the mantlepiece, met love, met war, Sordor, disappointment, defeat, betrayal, Till through disbeliefs he arrived at a house He could not remember seeing before. And he walked straight in; it was where he had come from And something told him the way to behave. He raised his hand and blessed his home; The truisms flew and perched on his shoulders And a tall tree sprouted from his father’s grave.

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Chapters 7-12

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2019 63:54

Welcome back! In this episode David, Heidi, and Tim discuss John LeCarre's classic spy novel some more, with a particular focus on the value of genre fiction in contemporary times, the concept of anti-heros, LeCarre's subtly, and much more, This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin! Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. And remember: help us spread the word! Subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Remains of the Day Q&A

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2019 80:23

We're back and we're answering YOUR questions about The Remains of the Day. We answer questions about the scene with the doctor, the root of Stevens' blindness, the duty/desire dichotomy, the role of food in the book, and much more!This episode is presented by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org.And remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Remains of the Day: Conlusion

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2019 72:06

In which David, Heidi, and Tim discuss the ending to Kazuo Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day. They discuss the heartbreaking nature of the book, what to make of Steven's final conversation with Mrs. Benn, whether he changed in the end, and much more. This episode is presented by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. And remember: subscribe, rate, review! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Remains of the Day: Day 3 Evening

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 88:12

Welcome back. In this episode David, Heidi, and Tim continue their discussion of Kazuo Ishiguro's novel, Remains of the Day. Conversation some of the unique ways the novel's structure changes in this section, whether Stevens is a good butler, whether he has changed at all, the confessional nature of this chapter, and much more. This episode is brought to you by New College Franklin. Check them out at newcollegefranklin.org. Remember: subscribe, rate, review. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Great Gatsby, Final Chapters

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2018 90:38

David, Angelina, and Adam are back more conversation about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Conversation touches on Gatsby's demise, Nick's departure, Fitzgerald's worldview, and (of course) the famous final passage. Don't forget: Subscribe, rate, review.And if you like this show please supporting it on Patreon.This episode is presented by our friends over at New College Franklin - check them out at NewCollegeFranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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The Great Gatbsy, Chapters 6-7

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2018 66:21

David, Angelina, and Adam are back more conversation about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby! Conversation touches on Jay Gatsby's dream-based Platonic ideal, the clash between Tom and Gatsby, Daisy's choice, Eckleburg's vigil, and much more. Don't forget: Subscribe, rate, review. And if you like this show please supporting it on Patreon.This episode is presented by our friends over at New College Franklin - check them out at NewCollegeFranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Episode 43: Interview with the President of New College Franklin, Greg Wilbur

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 16:35

In this episode, Pastor Uri Brito speaks with the president of New College Franklin in Tennessee. New College is a classical college where students enter into the great conversation through the great works of western history and the significant philosophical questions of our day. Pastor Brito inquires about the uniqueness of New College in the modern educational environment as well as the kind of human beings this educational model produces in the workplace and in the church. Resources: Greg Wilbur's Music Greg's Twitter Account The Pedagogy of New College Franklin Augustine's Confessions: New Translation by Sarah Ruden Intro and Outro Music by George Reed

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On the Small Liberal Arts College, with Greg Wilbur | FORMA

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 39:30

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Greg Wilbur, founder and President of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, about the state of higher education, the ideal student for a small liberal arts college, preparing for college, and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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On the Small Liberal Arts College with Greg Wilbur

Forma

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2018 39:30

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Greg Wilbur, founder and President of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN, about the state of higher education, the ideal student for a small liberal arts college, preparing for college, and much more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joshua Gibbs on How to Be Unlucky

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2018 63:36

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Joshua Gibbs, author of the new book How to Be Unlucky: Reflections on the Pursuit of Virtue, out now from CiRCE. In this wide-ranging discussion they chat about Gibbs' journey from bad student to good teacher, how good teachers should talk about their students problems, discovering the life-changing nature of books, and much, much more. **This episode is brought to you by our good friends at New College Franklin, a four year Christian Liberal Arts college in Franklin, TN that is dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Joshua Gibbs on "How to Be Unlucky"

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2018 63:36

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Joshua Gibbs, author of the new book How to Be Unlucky: Reflections on the Pursuit of Virtue, out now from CiRCE. In this wide-ranging discussion they chat about Gibbs' journey from bad student to good teacher, how good teachers should talk about their students problems, discovering the life-changing nature of books, and much, much more. **This episode is brought to you by our good friends at New College Franklin, a four year Christian Liberal Arts college in Franklin, TN that is dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Alan Noble on our distracted age and his new book, "Disruptive Witness"

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 65:19

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Alan Noble, author of Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age. Conversation touches on Alan's experiences in the homeschooling world, the reasons he wrote the book, the challenges of teaching and raising kids in an age like ours, and much, much more. **This episode is brought to you by our good friends at New College Franklin, a four year Christian Liberal Arts college in Franklin, TN that is dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Alan Noble on our distracted age and his new book "Disruptive Witness" (FORMA)

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2018 65:19

Welcome to FORMA, a podcast featuring conversations with authors, teachers, creators, and community leaders who are carefully contemplating the nature and practice of classical education and the arts.In this episode, David chats with Alan Noble, author of Disruptive Witness: Speaking Truth in a Distracted Age. Conversation touches on Alan's experiences in the homeschooling world, the reasons he wrote the book, the challenges of teaching and raising kids in an age like ours, and much, much more. **This episode is brought to you by our good friends at New College Franklin, a four year Christian Liberal Arts college in Franklin, TN that is dedicated to excellent academics and discipling relationships among students and faculty. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Ask Andrew: What is "the great dance" and why does it matter (feat. Greg Wilbur)

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 18:18

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Greg Wilbur, president of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN to discuss the idea of the "great dance" - an idea that is often tossed around in classical education circles. What does it mean? Why is it important? Greg and Andrew dive in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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What is the "great dance" and why does it matter?

Ask Andrew

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2018 18:18

Welcome to Ask Andrew, a weekly podcast where Andrew Kern (President of the CiRCE Institute and co-author of the book, Classical Education: The Movement Sweeping America) contemplates important ideas, essential terms, and unavoidable themes in classical education–and what they mean for the day-to-day of teaching and learning.In this episode, Andrew is joined by Greg Wilbur, president of New College Franklin in Franklin, TN to discuss the idea of the "great dance" - an idea that is often tossed around in classical education circles. What does it mean? Why is it important? Greg and Andrew dive in. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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2.8: The Great Awakening (feat. George Grant)

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2018 40:54

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode seven of season two, Brian Phillips chats with author, speaker, and pastor, Dr. George Grant about the lives, motivations, and influences of some of the key figures of the Great Awakening. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Commons 2.8: The Great Awakening (feat. George Grant)

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2018 40:54

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode seven of season two, Brian Phillips chats with author, speaker, and pastor, Dr. George Grant about the lives, motivations, and influences of some of the key figures of the Great Awakening. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

2.7: The Reformers (with Gerald Bray)

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 33:25

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode seven of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Gerald Bray, professor at Beeson Divinity School and Knox Theological Seminary, about the lives, motivations, and influences of some of the key figures of the Reformation, including many of the forerunners of the movement. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Commons 2.7: The Reformers (with Gerald Bray)

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 33:25

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode seven of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Gerald Bray, professor at Beeson Divinity School and Knox Theological Seminary, about the lives, motivations, and influences of some of the key figures of the Reformation, including many of the forerunners of the movement. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

2.6: Francis and Clare of Assisi (with Karen Marsh)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2018 39:18

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode six of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Karen Marsh, author of Saints and Sinner: 25 Christian Who Transformed My Faith, about the lives of Francis and Clare of Assisi, two of the most venerated and influential figures in Christian history. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Commons 2.6: Francis and Clare of Assisi (with Karen Marsh)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2018 39:18

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode six of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Karen Marsh, author of Saints and Sinner: 25 Christian Who Transformed My Faith, about the amazing life and incredible influence of Francis and Clare of Assisi, two of the most venerated religious figures in history. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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2.5: St. Benedict (feat. David Hicks)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2017 60:52

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode five of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest David Hicks, author of Norms and Nobility, about the amazing life and incredible influence of St. Benedict, perhaps the most important monk of all time. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Commons 2.5: St. Benedict (feat. David Hicks)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2017 60:52

Welcome to season two of The Commons, which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode five of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest David Hicks, author of Norms and Nobility, about the amazing life and incredible influence of St. Benedict, perhaps the most important monk of all time. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

2.4: St. Augustine (feat. Karen Wright Marsh)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2017 33:01

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode four of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Karen Wright Marsh, author of Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith, about the miraculous life of St. Augustine. Topics include his place in Church history, his struggles, and the influence of his devout, Godly, praying mother. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Commons 2.4: St. Augustine (feat. Karen Wright Marsh)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2017 33:01

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode four of season two, Brian Phillips chats with guest Karen Wright Marsh, author of Vintage Saints and Sinners: 25 Christians Who Transformed My Faith, about the miraculous life of St. Augustine. Topics include his place in Church history, his struggles, and the influence of his devout, Godly, praying mother. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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2.3: The Cappadocian Fathers (with Wes Callihan)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 40:50

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode 2 of season three, Brian Phillips chats with guest Wes Callihan about the life and times of the Cappadocian Fathers: Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Naziansus, and Basil the Great. -- This season of The Commons is bright to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Commons 2.3: The Cappadocian Fathers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2017 40:50

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode 2 of season three, Brian Phillips chats with guest Wes Callihan about the lives and times of the Cappadocian Fathers: Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory Naziansus, and Basil the Great. -- This season of The Commons is brought to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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2.2: St. Ambrose (feat. Gregory Wilbur

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 50:46

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode 2.2 Brian Phillips chats with guest Greg Wilbur about the life and times of St. Ambrose, with a particular consideration of Ambrose's role in developing the hymnography (and modes of worship) of the Christian faith. -- This season of The Commons is bright to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Commons 2.2: St. Ambrose (feat. Greg Wilbur)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2017 50:46

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on ten key figures and movements in church history! Here in episode 2.2 Brian Phillips chats with guest Greg Wilbur about the life and times of St. Ambrose, with a particular consideration of Ambrose's role in developing the hymnography (and modes of worship) of the Christian faith. -- This season of The Commons is bright to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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2.1: John Chrysostom (feat. Wes Callahan

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2017 36:12

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on the key figures and movements in church history. Here in episode 2.1 Brian Phillips chats with guest Wes Callihan about John Chrysostom's unforgettable role in the early church. This season of The Commons is bright to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Commons, Season 2, Episode 1: John Chrysostom (feat. Wes Callahan)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2017 36:12

Welcome to season two of The Commons which focuses on the key figures and movements in church history. Here in episode 2.1 Brian Phillips chats with guest Wes Callihan about John Chrysostom's unforgettable role in the early church. This season of The Commons is bright to you by New College Franklin. Learn more at newcollegefranklin.org. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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A Perpetual Feast #12

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2017 36:45

Welcome to episode 12 of A Perpetual Feast, where Andrew Kern and Wes Callihan discuss Homer and all of the things that Homer makes them think about. In this episode, they discuss the importance of the setting in the Iliad, Christ fulfillment of the Greek ideals, and much more. This episode is brought to you by our good friends at New College Franklin. Set up a campus visit now! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Interview with Greg Wilbur

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2017 15:21

Gregory Wilbur is Chief Musician at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church in Franklin, TN, as well as Dean and Senior Fellow of New College Franklin—a Christian liberal arts college that he helped to start. He enjoys discipling students and walking them through classics of literature, film, and music. He earned his Masters in Music Composition at the University of Alabama. He is the author of Glory and Honor: The Music and Artistic Legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach and has released two CDs of his compositions of congregational psalms, hymns and service music. In addition, he writes for choir, orchestra, film and chamber ensembles. His wife, Sophia, homeschools their daughter, Eleanor, and they all enjoy reading, cooking, taking walks and enjoying life in middle Tennessee.

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The Commons #18: Further Thoughts on Building Sturdy Children (with Keith McCurdy)