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.
Joseph’s Education
Having the wisdom and favor of the Lord is worth more than all skills, all academic degrees, all worldly knowledge. Seek to educate children as Christians…
Economics
The home is a necessary part of economics, indeed, the only really necessary part of economics.
The Power of Habit
“Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Prov. 22:6)
MHLS Choir: How Lovely Shines the Morning Star
Thy Son hath made a friend of me, and when in spirit Him I see, I joy in tribulation.
How Seriously the Spartans Took Music
“the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperilling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions”
Michael Praetorius on Church Music
There are those who believe it proper and right that, next to theology, the highest place should be accorded to music, since it is a beautiful and splendid gift of God…
Ambrose of Milan
He went to the church, and there, as he was speaking to the throng, the voice of a small child all at once made itself heard among the people: ‘Ambrose for bishop!’
Now Rest beneath Night’s Shadow
As the door burst open and a furious soldier rushed in, she spread her hands over the child and cried: “Lord Jesus, since You love me,
Now spread Your wings above me…”
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