This article was previously published in Sword & Spade Magazine.   By: Joseph Pearce, father and scholar, helps us to  get into the books we need to get. As with all things, it is best to begin with the basics. Before we can understand how to read great literature properly, we need to know how to read properly, and before we can ...

I was with him forming all things: and was delighted every day, playing before him at all times. -Proverbs 8:30 I am a teacher at an all-boys school. Those who think learning dull may suppose that teaching is dull, but I have ever found that education deals with the strange and sudden. I have never found it in droning over dusty volumes. My clas...

Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things (Phil 4:8). While it’s great to know the theory (see: Why We Must Form the Imagination of our Children...) behind developing a strong ...

In a world where men tend to hedge their bets on man before anything else, it is not surprising that many experience letdowns. Because of Original Sin human beings are naturally imperfect, and thus it is natural that humanists are suspicious, even contemptuous, of any kind of idealism. This attitude degenerates into the habit of cynicism—of quest...