David Bryant Cultural context, Parents, The Christian Life
You love your children. That means you provide for them, nurture them, care for them. And you shelter them. You literally shelter your children by providing a home for them to live in. But you also shelter them from hardship and privation. Sometimes, though, “sheltering your children” is a criticism directed at parents who place […]
David Bryant CCE, Inspiration, Latin
There are a number of things that set a classical Christian education apart and make it unique. One of those things is the study of Latin and Greek. Providence students learn Latin for six years (4th-9th grades) and New Testament Greek for two years (10th-11th grades). These studies are important and valuable distinctives of a […]
David Bryant CCE, Holy Scripture, Providence Parents
Welcome to a new calendar year! As we enter 2024 together, I want to thank you for your commitment to providing a classical Christian education for your children and encourage you to stay the course. It’s mid-year, and that means we are deep in the winter when the days are short and the newness of […]
David Bryant Advent, Christmas
Dr. George Grant captures my feelings and thoughts about the Christmas season perfectly in an article titled “Gloria In Excelsis Deo.” I hope he does so for you as well. —– I love Advent. I love Christmas. I love Epiphany. I love all the holiday holy days. And I love everything that goes with them. […]
David Bryant Christmas, Providence Parents, Thanksgiving
God gets all the credit for every blessing Providence Classical Christian School has received. What do we have that we did not receive from our Heavenly Father through the grace of His Son Jesus Christ? The coming Christmas season is a time when we worship God for His greatest gift and then imitate Him by […]
David Bryant Advent, CCE, Christmas, The Christian Life
“Of course we celebrate Christmas. We’re a Christian school. We also say Christian things like, ‘God is love’ and ‘Jesus is Lord’ and ‘Sin is bad.’” We live in the kind of world where we have to say things like this. In recent years our culture has begun to devise an increasing number of ways […]
As we approach Advent and celebrate Thanksgiving, I remind us all that one of the most important invitations and commands that fills the pages of the Bible is to give thanks. And as I sometimes remind the students, we are to give thanks not “some of the time for some things” but “always for all […]
A magnet on my family’s refrigerator says, “Motherhood is not for wimps.” Truer words were never spoken. Motherhood and fatherhood alike are hard. Parenting is a grueling marathon that takes everything we’ve got – and more. And that’s why, for followers of Christ, parenting is all about living in the grace of God. Consider these […]
David Bryant CCE, Providence Parents
If you don’t listen to podcasts, I heartily recommend the habit. And if you listen to podcasts regularly, let me encourage you to listen to one in particular: BaseCamp Live. The BaseCamp Live podcast is a thought-provoking and engaging way to get the vision for classical Christian education. It will also equip you to be […]
David Bryant Parents, The Christian Life
I read online about a wife who reports that her husband compliments every meal she makes, regardless of its merit. “Thanks, hon, this is delicious.” But then her youngest daughter began doing the same thing – “Thanks, mommy, this is delicious” – but before she had even tried the food! She would then take a […]