Worldview at the Abbey is a Christian gap year program associated with Worldview Academy summer camps. Bill Jack, Jeff Baldwin, August Huckabee, and Hannah Hall founded the Abbey in 2014, and the curriculum centers around a Socratic teaching of classical texts in general education classes such as literature, political science, history, and economics, as well as teaching rhetoric, and apologetics from a Christian worldview. Along with classroom teaching, students engage in community service and leadership initiatives throughout the year to solidify the teaching in the classroom.
For me the word discipline brings up many unsavory images. Coming from a family that believed in spanking growing up, I think the word takes me back to two main roots: receiving treatment for behavior that I undoubtedly incurred punishment for, and cartoons of Calvin (from the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes”) of having to do things he hated because it built “discipline” and “character”.
Read MoreMaybe I'm alone in this, but I doubt it. So often when I awake in the morning, I'm like a dog with his tail between his legs. Be it actual sin or imagined sin or maybe just some ambiguous feeling of "I could have do that better", I wake up avoiding eye contact with God.
Read MoreFleeta Baldwin had never been more than a wisp of a woman, but as I entered the hospital room, I was struck with how frail and tiny she was. I was, also, struck by the smile that lit her face as she looked up from the book she was reading when she recognized me.
Read MoreThink of someone in your life that is educated. What makes them educated? Is it because they use words no one else knows? Do they talk for long stretches of time about obscure topics? Or is it hard to come up with an example? Regardless, most of us are involved in education in some way or another: parents educate their children and businessmen and businesswomen are always giving or receiving some kind of training.
Read MoreMy wife and I attended an Andrew Peterson concert last night. If you don't know who Peterson is, stop reading right now and listen to this link (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Gs3fg_WsEg), and then send me a nice note thanking me for the introduction.
Read MoreI did the math. I calculated my cumulative service with Worldview Academy. Over the past 5 summers I’ve spent over 3360 hours thinking about, talking about, and doing discipleship with people.
Read MoreA severe hailstorm thrashed our roof, paint and gutters this summer while I was on the road. After returning home from camp travels, I spent weeks painting and repairing the damage.
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