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.
A Liberal Arts Education and Drawing
One of the first and most important axioms in drawing class is “draw what you see, not what you think you see!”
Math Primary Texts
Mathematicians of the past see numbers in unique ways, and this is a significant benefit of reading math primary texts and bringing their ideas into classrooms and curricula.
A Christmas Hymn
Yea, Peace on earth incarnate lies, And in His little finger Is pow’r that makes the dead to rise And demons scared to linger And God’s own blood there flows within, One drop of which blots out all sin; Thus we have peace of conscience.
Transfiguration by Raphael
Raphael employed “all his skill to demonstrate the power and the worth of his art in the face of Christ, for after Raphael finished this painting, which was the last thing he undertook”
A Christmas Carol for Christians
Like all great literature, A Christmas Carol upholds elements of truth about God and man. Because of this, Christian readers can see images of the story of salvation and the blessings of a Christian life.
“All My Heart This Night Rejoices”
Forth today the Conqueror goeth,
Who the foe, Sin and woe,
Death and hell, o’erthroweth.
God is man, man to deliver;
His dear Son Now is one
With our blood forever.
My Beloved Is Mine, and I Am His
This is marriage, that Jesus has taken us to Himself and delighted to call wretched sinners “Mine,” and that He has given Himself to us entirely
Now Praise We Christ, the Holy One
This hymn was widely used from the early Middle Ages to the time of the Reformation, especially the opening verses
The Wind in the Willows: A Delightful Masterpiece
If you’ve never read The Wind in the Willows, you ought to treat yourself and pick up a copy, whether as a family read-aloud or as a delightful evening wind-down for yourself.
Truth in Math
We teach math because it truly describes many of the ways our loving God holds the universe together.
The Chief Failings of Communism
Man’s heart is naturally full of envy, ambition and avarice. These are all wild beasts which abide in the natural man, and which the communist will never be able to control with his new social arrangements.
Chesterton on Goodness and Education
Before education starts, what is good must be completely certain. Giving children an education without knowing first what goodness is can only produce disaster.
Joy, Not Obligation
Buxtehude’s Abendmusiken exemplified a godly and selfless endeavor to edify the neighbors nearest to him, caring far more about his music and his people than how much he would be compensated or how far his fame might spread, or even whether the music would last.
Drawing and Calligraphy
When we draw something in creation, we are imitating in a small, imperfect way the creative work of God.
Luther’s Te Deum
This setting by Luther is new to us this year and will be incorporated into Matins a couple times each week; it involves antiphonal singing, namely, two groups singing back and forth with each other.
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