Musings

These are the short articles from the weekly Mount Hope Lutheran School Newsletter. Topics include poems, paintings, great literary works, and the philosophy of classical education. You can browse through past articles here on the website, and you can subscribe to receive new ones in your inbox using the form on this page.

Alexander the Great and Virtue

“Are you still to learn that the end and perfection of our victories,” he said, “is to avoid the vices and infirmities of those whom we subdue?”

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O Christ, Our True and Only Light

O Lord, show forth all Your grace, search for the lost, bring back the one who has gone astray, assemble the scattered, restore those who have erred and been tempted, so that they, together with us, might praise You in the Christian Church and receive the common salvation.

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The Talent God Has Bestowed

“Therefore, as long as any breath remains in me, I will not refrain from doing good to my neighbor and serving him with the talent God has bestowed upon me.”

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Is Beauty Worth It?

So is it worth it to make something beautiful? Well, we can ask: Do we have something to honor? Do we have something to confess? Is this object redeemed by Christ and therefore worthy of great care?

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Why Christians Should Study Math

When studied by Christians who live in the Word and Sacraments, math gives us a keen sense that the world is more beautiful and ordered than we could ever hope to grasp in this life.

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