Bloomfield Blog

Why Senior Thesis?

New Century, Old Problems

In her 1947 essay, “Lost Tools of Learning,” British author, Dorothy Sayers asks the following series of questions. See if any of her observations from nearly eighty years ago seem at all relevant today:

Enduring Value of Athletics

Hebrews 12:1 says…” therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us.” This scripture...

On Being Belle

 
This blog is from a talk given to our students during a recent mother/daughter tea
 

Most everyone has seen Disney’s original Beauty and the Beast, the first animated movie to be nominated for Best Picture. Of the cast of characters in Beauty...

The God of the Armor

Fellowship As Armor

This blog is the last in a series on the armor of God given to our Rhetoric school students at their retreat at the beginning of the school year. 

Ephesians 6:11-17 teaches that the armor of God is a sound defense against the...

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”...