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The Crux of Being Human
In this article, we will examine the crux of being human. This entails grappling between our eternal and temporal natures. While this post focuses on parents, we will also explain how it applies to the homeschool curriculum. First, however, let’s explore reality as it is. I look outside my window in the morning. The golden…
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The Basis of a Spiritual Education
In this post, we explore the basis of a spiritual education. At first glance, that may raise some eyebrows. “What does he mean by a ‘spiritual education,’” some may wonder for an academy that claims to be secular. I challenged the term “secular” in an earlier post, arguing it’s not well-defined. That to me seems…
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Human Stewardship
Human stewardship means the human being is a/the steward of nature. This is most often found in theological ideas who believe God has entrusted and endowed us with the capacity to steward nature effectively. Growing numbers of adults and students resist this idea. In fact, some look at humans as a virus that, perhaps, the…
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What is a Secular Education?
In the U.S., states will only fund secular education. This is seen as necessary to uphold the separation of church and state. It’s actually a violation of it, and I will address that in another post. However, that’s not the point of this post which is to ask, “What do we mean by a secular…
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The Danger of Materialistic-Reductionism in Education (and What to Do About It)
It goes without saying that the physical is part of reality. We wouldn’t get very far denying that. However, is the physical all there is? Many people these days would answer “yes” or “probably” to this materialistic reductionism. It is the trend of modern cultural life, particularly in the West, and it has destructive, deadening…
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Developing Forward-Backward Thinking
In this post, we are going to discuss forward-backward thinking and how our curriculum – especially our Creative Writing and science classes – develops this. Now, you may be asking yourself, “What does he mean by forward-backward thinking?” Let me explain. Typically, we only think forwards because that is what we use to navigate the…
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What We do in Teen Empowerment
Enkindle Academy offers a weekly Teen Empowerment Class to students in 6th Grade and above. We began offering this class over a year ago out of the pressing need to give young people a safe and supportive place to become themselves. We lack such spaces in the West today. Most, if not all, traditional and…
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The Role of Pain in Transformation
It may sound strange for a homeschooling blog to write about the role of pain in transformation. However, one of our students brought this question up recently in our Teen Empowerment Class. It is, therefore, relevant to our students as well as their parents. We ought therefore to inquire into our relationship with this troublesome…
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Art in Waldorf Education
Why is it so important to emphasize art in Waldorf Education? Or, in any education for that matter? Why not just give them textbooks? To explore this question, let’s first acknowledge that a true education educates the whole being. Would you send your children to a school whose motto is, “We only educate the head!”…
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Are You Waldorf Enough?
Are you Waldorf enough? Many Waldorf-based homeschoolers ask themselves this question. In my own teaching career, I wondered this for the first several years, even though I was going through teacher training at an accredited institution. Generally, people come to a path as intentional as Waldorf Education with zeal and dedication. This isn’t just a…
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