Comments for Westminster School at Oak Mountain http://westminsterknights.org Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:41:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The Peculiar Beauty of an Opportunity by Calvin Nixon – Westminster Chapel http://westminsterknights.org/2012/01/the-peculiar-beauty-of-an-opportunity/#comment-82 Calvin Nixon – Westminster Chapel Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:41:09 +0000 http://westminsterknights.org/?p=729#comment-82 [...] Robbie mentioned in his blog “The Peculiar Beauty of an Opportunity”, we recently enjoyed a visit from Westminster Alumnus Calvin Nixon. At the upper school chapel, he [...] [...] Robbie mentioned in his blog “The Peculiar Beauty of an Opportunity”, we recently enjoyed a visit from Westminster Alumnus Calvin Nixon. At the upper school chapel, he [...]

]]> Comment on Academic Support for Every Student by Melinda http://westminsterknights.org/2012/01/academic-support/#comment-34 Melinda Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:35:07 +0000 http://westminsterknights.org/?p=656#comment-34 We are blessed with a great team of teachers, aren't we?! We are blessed with a great team of teachers, aren’t we?!

]]> Comment on What is “The Conversation”? by Jim Doggett http://westminsterknights.org/2011/12/what-is-the-conversation/#comment-27 Jim Doggett Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:53:30 +0000 http://74.220.215.229/~westmin6/newsite/?p=417#comment-27 The best conversations seem to happen most around tables. Strong tables. The best conversations seem to happen most around tables. Strong tables.

]]> Comment on What is “The Conversation”? by Jim Doggett http://westminsterknights.org/2011/12/what-is-the-conversation/#comment-26 Jim Doggett Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:52:20 +0000 http://74.220.215.229/~westmin6/newsite/?p=417#comment-26 I was witness to another "Great Conversation" tonight on our back deck. Blessed to be a part of this remarkable community. I was witness to another “Great Conversation” tonight on our back deck. Blessed to be a part of this remarkable community.

]]> Comment on The Crucible of Sanctification x 10 by Jim Doggett http://westminsterknights.org/2012/01/the-crucible-of-sanctification-x-10/#comment-25 Jim Doggett Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:50:04 +0000 http://westminsterknights.org/?p=649#comment-25 Grateful to have been a part of the Sanctificus Swaggerus. Grateful to have been a part of the Sanctificus Swaggerus.

]]> Comment on Lessons From a Teenager by Charlie Ritch http://westminsterknights.org/2012/01/lessons-from-a-teenager/#comment-7 Charlie Ritch Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:54:51 +0000 http://westminsterknights.org/?p=569#comment-7 This reminds me of one of my favorite Lewis quotes from Screwtape Letters: "The man who truly and disinterestedly enjoys any one thing in the world, for its own sake, and without caring two cents what other people say about it, is by that very fact fore-armed against some of [Satan's] most subtlest modes of attack." (Letter XIII) In a very real sense, our primary task as parents and educators is to initiate our students into the reality of true delight. This reminds me of one of my favorite Lewis quotes from Screwtape Letters: “The man who truly and disinterestedly enjoys any one thing in the world, for its own sake, and without caring two cents what other people say about it, is by that very fact fore-armed against some of [Satan's] most subtlest modes of attack.” (Letter XIII)

In a very real sense, our primary task as parents and educators is to initiate our students into the reality of true delight.

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