Before Walden Pond, there was Jesus. Today, The Minimalist Movement. Matt Emerson on the ancient and enduring appeal of simple living.
Matt Emerson
Matt Emerson is the author of Why Faith? A Journey of Discovery (Paulist Press, 2016). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including America and The Wall Street Journal.
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Plato and the MBA
Yesterday I wrote about a Catholic school in Wisconsin that will soon feature a curriculum anchored in the Socratic method and the classics of Western civilization It seems they 39 re not the only ones remembering the value of this kind of education The nbsp Wall Street Journal nbsp reports nbsp t
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Socrates, Report for Duty
In a world of smart boards & teaching apps, the Socratic method might be the most innovative approach around.
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Education and Emmaus, Part II
Yesterday nbsp I wrote about nbsp the connection between education and Emmaus noting that in failing to recognize Jesus the disciples were failing to recognize not just the person of Jesus but by extension truth itself This has direct implications for educators and education It is not enough t
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Education, Emmaus, and the Pursuit of Truth
On the Ignatian Educator, Matt Emerson asks: what kept the first disciples, and what keeps us, from recognizing the resurrected Jesus right in front of them?
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Cristo Rey Comes to Milwaukee
Good news is emerging from Milwaukee As reported by the the Journal Sentinel A Catholic work-study high school aligned with a nationwide network of schools will open in the fall of 2015 in a south side Milwaukee suburb the Midwest Jesuits nbsp of the Wisconsin and Chicago-Detroit Provinces and th
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Commencement Update: John Kerry at Boston College
Boston College announced today that Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the address at the school 39 s 138th commencement exercises According to the student-run newspaper The Heights Kerry a 1976 graduate of Boston College Law School will also receive an honorary doctor of laws degree
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Setting forth on the ‘Journey of Discovery’
The search for truth begins in great questions Without great questions a soul never awakens to its own possibilities The Church has always understood this In nbsp Nostra Aetate nbsp the Second Vatican Council 39 s nbsp Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions t
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Go Forth, and Weld
Writing in today 39 s nbsp Wall Street Journal Josh Mandel says quot it is becoming increasingly hard to defend the vanishing of shop class from the curriculum quot According to Mandel nbsp Too many young people have four-year liberal-arts degrees are thousands of dollars in debt and find the
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Catholic Schools and the ‘Return to Galilee’
On the Ignatian Educator blog, Matt Emerson reflects on what Jesus’ post-Resurrection call “to go to Galiliee” means for students in Catholic schools.