Easter Book
During the rise of Christianity, a pagan spring festival became a Christian celebration of Christ’s resurrection from the dead. The four gospels–Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John–contain..
Daniel Dignan
National Naval Aviation Museum
A few months ago I visited the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. On the level of Washington D.C.’s National Air and Space Museum, it does not disappoint. Aviation collections..
The Aeneid
According to Mortimer Adler, a great American educator, the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, the Divine Comedy, Paradise Lost (the epics), and the Bible constitute the most serious reading program. Great think..
Teen Leadership Camps
Last week, I attended the 25th anniversary celebration of Patrick Henry College, a top liberal arts college located in Purcellville, Virginia. Started by Mike Farris, constitutional attorney and Homes..
Drama and Theater Camps for Kids
I recently attended my second production of Logos Theater at Washington, D.C.’s Museum of the Bible. The production, costuming, and staging of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe were well done..
On Second Readings
I completed a second reading of C.S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (LWW) in a year. Leland Ryken and Majorie Lamp Mead’s A Reader’s Guide Through the Wardrobe: Explor..
A Reader’s Guide Through the Wardrobe
Through the Wardrobe is an enlightening guide to C.S. Lewis’s classic fairy tale The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Literature expert Leland Ryken provides readers with a chapter-by-chapter ..
Guides to The Odyssey
Leland Ryken, one of the great literary minds of the 20th and 21st centuries, wrote a helpful short guide to The Odyssey. His great contribution is making the famous Greek narrative epic understandabl..
The Odyssey
No book has had a more significant impact on the Western world and literature outside of the Bible than Homer’s Odyssey. The great literary philosopher Leland Ryken noted that it (along with Hom..
Why Every Young Adult Should Become a Lifelong Reader
One result of Western Civilization is that information has become widely available. The proliferation of knowledge has many benefits. One can learn about any job or profession, become a doctor, minist..
