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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.

Hymns Are for Children

When a child learns a rich, beautiful Lutheran hymn, he learns something he can grow into, not something he will grow out of.

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Mr. Nathanael Hahn May 9, 2022

Teaching the Emotions

She didn’t lose anything by telling her emotions that they were wrong. Her experience wasn’t true to reality, and she knew it. The Word of Jesus is true to reality, and she held fast to that.

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Pastor Andrew Richard May 2, 2022

The Poem “Conscience” by George Herbert

And the receipt shall be / My Saviour’s blood: whenever at his board / I do but taste it, straight it cleanseth me, / And leaves thee not a word; / No, not a tooth or nail to scratch, / And at my actions carp, or catch.

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Miss Anna Hahn April 18, 2022

Why Math Is Never Enough

Simply stated, Gödel was able to mathematically prove that for any normal system in mathematics, there will always be true statements which you have to assume, but which you can never prove.

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Mr. Nathanael Hahn April 11, 2022

Why Latin Is Fun

With even a basic understanding of Latin, one can recognize words and phrases and grammar in a familiar psalm, or the Agnus Dei, or snippets of Augustine’s Confessions. And it is a thrill!

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Miss Anna Hahn March 20, 2022

Marriage and Children

“God also established marriage for the procreation of children who are to be brought up in the fear and instruction of the Lord so that they may offer Him their praise”

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Pastor Andrew Richard March 7, 2022

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