For today's Monday Meal, Ken Trotter, the Dean of Upper School at The Oaks, joins us to read an article from "The Mighty Oaks Foundation." The title is the theme of our school culture this year: "Leave It Better Than You Found It."
Leave It Better Than You Found It
Monday Meal 5 – Nov. 1
November 1, 2021 • Ken Trotter
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Part II of G. K. Chesterton on Christmas
December 13, 2021 • Kenwyn Trotter, Devin O'Donnell
This week we will consider the second part of an essay by G.K. Chesterton on celebrating Christmas. Chesterton makes the point that although there is indeed a cost to the joyous celebration of Christmas—the purchase of large amounts of food, the preparations for a proper feast, the travel to another's house, the mess of having people in your house—the cost is worth it. It's the point of a festivity. Celebrating divine things elevates man to his proper place, above the animals, yet just a little lower than the angels, and "crowned with glory and honor." Kenwyn Trotter reads Part II of G.K. Chesterton on Christmas.
Even the Pagans knew Complaining Was Wrong
November 29, 2021 • Devin O'Donnell
Welcome to another Monday Meal for Nov. 29, 2021 AD. Given our recent holiday this past week, I want to read an article on thankfulness. This is something I wrote for my Classical Literature students called, “Even the Pagans Knew Complaining Was Wrong.” Enjoy!