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Oct 14, 2014

Oceans of Peace

The Peacemaker Monthly Part One – Glorify God Oceans of Peace by Cara McLauchlan “By God’s design, the three dimensions of peace are inseparably joined. As one author expressed it, ‘Peace with God, peace with each other and peace with ourselves come in the same package.’” – The Peacemaker, page...

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Oct 13, 2014

So, What’s Up with Challenge?

Are you a Foundations student’s parent who is wondering what the future of your child’s education in Classical Conversations’ programs looks like? Or perhaps you are a Challenge parent with some questions about the educational vision of the middle school and high school level programs? If the question “What’s...

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Oct 10, 2014

A Homeschooling Pharisee

Homeschooling is like parenting; it is a calling that begins with a gift from God: children. Like becoming a parent, becoming a homeschooler happens for a variety of reasons. My story begins with me not wanting my children in three different schools in three different states in the same...

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Oct 08, 2014

Wrestling with the Question

What is the purpose of a question? Is it to come up with a correct answer or should there be something more? What if we used questions to stimulate more questions? What if our purpose for asking questions was to extend the curiosity of our students rather than just...

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Oct 07, 2014

The Power of Yes

I felt like an alien in my own home, teetering on the verge of tears. Just days before, I was melting in the hot Guatemalan sun, mosquitoes attacking my shins. I could not have been happier. How I longed for that now as I felt the busyness of the...

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Oct 03, 2014

Can My Child with Autism Succeed in Challenge?

Socks worn wrong side out, tags cut from every piece of clothing, food which mustn’t touch and must be of similar consistency and color. Odd questions at odd times on odd topics, usually in public from a tiptoeing, finger-waving, beautiful enigma. No eye contact. No hugs. This is an...

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Sep 30, 2014

Crooked Sticks and Straight Lines

Tools are not perfect. Anyone who works with computers knows this. Experience has led me to this conclusion: technology is great, except when it is not. Printers mysteriously go offline; no one knows why. Browsers and word processors flow like molasses and sometimes reach the solid state, freezing entirely....

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Sep 29, 2014

CC Dads: Become Memory Masters

Hey, CC Dads. Once a week, our wives and kiddos load up in the van and head to our local Classical Conversations campus for their community day. Their summer schedule has ended and their school schedule has begun, but as dads, our work schedules continue unabated. We go to...

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