Education Needed For Our Time

To live in frugal circumstances, to consider how we may shoulder our brother’s burden before we lift our own, to work in unself-advertising solitude for a long time, to accomplish a task that we have been given, always to tell the exact truth, and to tell it fearlessly whatever the circumstance – such are the modes and habits of composing noble lives . . . (An Education For Our Time - Josiah Bunting, III)

An Education For Our Time is a story about a man who wanted to create a unique college.  The college had an endowment so that all of the students were admitted on scholarship.  It was a grueling process to gain acceptance, but the experience would be unforgettable and life-changing.  The school was dedicated to educating young adults in character, civic and personal responsibility, and living with purpose and intention.  I was so mesmerized by the ideals and purpose that I began to research the college. It was then that I discovered that it was not a real college; the whole thing was fictional.  I was so disappointed!  Not to mention embarrassed...

I have been pondering several questions: How can we best prepare our students for the future?  What are the qualities, or virtues that we can teach our students?  How can they learn the "habits of composing noble lives?"  Most importantly, how can we help them encounter God on a personal level?  If we can answer these questions, then we can create a Christian Education for our Time... and it will not be fictional.