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.

For Glory and for Beauty

When it comes to beautiful things, like poetry or paintings or sunsets, to argue about usefulness is to argue on the wrong grounds entirely.

Pastor Andrew Richard October 14, 2019

Our Children Are Human Beings, Part II

If we properly understand man’s nature, then we will teach him of Christ’s righteousness and we will teach him virtue.

Pastor Andrew Richard September 30, 2019

Our Children Are Human Beings, Part I

If something is worth imparting, it’s worth imparting repeatedly, and if it’s not imparted repeatedly, then it’s never really imparted at all.

Pastor Andrew Richard September 23, 2019

In Praise of the Simple Life

AH! what is love? It is a pretty thing,
As sweet unto a shepherd as a king,
And sweeter too!

Pastor Andrew Richard September 16, 2019

In the Beginning…

God’s Word began the world, and it’s fitting that his Word should begin our school year as well.

Pastor Andrew Richard September 9, 2019

We Shall Not Educate for Vanity

As Christians, we educate our children so that they will learn to despise the fool’s gold of earth and store up treasures in heaven.

Pastor Andrew Richard September 3, 2019

King Alfred the Great on Self-Control

To rule well, one must first of all rule himself.

Pastor Andrew Richard August 14, 2019

Medieval Year

That, in a word, is the wisdom of the Middle Ages: there is no such thing as a self-made man.

Pastor Andrew Richard July 11, 2019

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