Bloomfield Blog

Mathew Beatty

Head of School for Bloomfield Christian School since 2020.

Recent Posts

The Paideia of Auto Repair

I recently replaced the rear struts and sway bar links on my car. The nearly continuous clunk I was hearing when I went over bumps – when do you not go over bumps in Metro Detroit? – is gone now. I made a few mistakes, including one that took my...

A Sweeter Song

A question that I often ask parents during conferences: “What if your child could move her grade in this class from a B to an A—but in exchange, she knew 20% less and her interest in learning decreased. Would she take that deal?”

Heavenly Blessings for Spiritual Battle

This blog is the first in a series of talks about the Armor of God from Ephesians 6 given to our Rhetoric School students during their retreat at Timberwolf at the beginning of our school year.

Ephesians 6 on the armor of God is a wonderfully rich...

Why Classical Isn't Enough

The title may come as a surprise.  Perhaps it should.  Let me convince you that I’m not growing soft on 50% of BCS’s identity.  I still love and appreciate the classical tradition.

In some circles, it’s common to speak of “necessary but insufficient”...

A Working Worldview

“A worldview is a commitment, a fundamental orientation of the heart, that can be expressed as a story or in a set of presuppositions (assumptions which may be true, partially true or entirely false) which we hold (consciously or subconsciously,...