Oaks Guest Speaker Series
Speaker Series that explores Beauty, creativity, and making things.
"Where Do We Go From Here?"
April 14, 2022 • Dr. Chris Schlect
In this talk, Dr. Chris Schlect (Director of Classical Studies at New St. Andrew's College) lays out a kind of "state of the union" for the renewal of Classical Christian Education in America. Dr. Schlect answers the question, “What really is classical Christian Education?” This may seem like a rather pedestrian question, but in this talk we are challenged to think about what it means to move past the basecamp of Dorothy Sayers, while yet honoring the tradition in which we find ourselves.
The Liberal Arts: Learning to Play
November 12, 2021 • Chris Schlect, Ph.D.
What is the role of "play" in education? We often think it only belongs to that part of the day called "recess" or to the domain of sports and athletics. But Dr. Christopher Schlect argues that classical education frees us to engage in a kind of "serious play" of the intellect and imagination, one that elevates man above what is flippant or foolish.
A Thwarted Marshwiggle, Exasperation, and the Illusions of Time
November 12, 2021 • Ben Palpant
Proverbs 16:9 says, "A man’s heart plans his way, / But the Lord directs his steps." Author and poet Ben Palpant tells a story of what first seemed like the ruining of his grand plans for a day in England but how God directed his steps toward an even better fulfillment than he had planned. This was a talk from the 2021 ACCS Northwestern Administrator's Conference.
Stuart Bryan
October 27, 2021 • Stuart Bryan
Psalm 78 is perhaps an unexpected meditation on education. In this talk by Stuart Bryan, Pastor at Trinity Church in Coeur d'Alene, we learn about the necessity of Christian education. Sacred Scripture repudiates the idea that education is secular or value neutral. Education either serves the Lord of glory or it serves the gates of hell. There is no such thing as a morally neutral or religiously neutral education.
