172: More than Brains on Sticks: Capturing the Hearts and Imaginations of Students (with James Enns)

Is teaching just about the information, or is it more than that? Co-host Keane Fine sits down with Dr. James Enns for a conversation about how Christocentric education can impact on our desires and captivate our imaginations.

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• “Is it just information? How does formation happen?”
• Desiring the Kingdom by James K. A. Smith
• “We can know the right thing to do, but that doesn’t guarantee we’re going to do it.”
• “We are desiring beings before we are cognitive, reflective beings.”
• “We see visions of the good life that appeal to our loves well before we articulate it in any kind of worldview or philosophy.”
• “We need to understand that all good education comes out of a relationship.”
• “What we do with our bodies matters, and we learn through embodied actions, even when our rational conscious faculty isn’t tuned into them.”
• “We have to get to know the script to know how to act as improvisational characters consistent with the plot line.”
• “It takes a great deal of creativity and being less a slave to get through the curriculum and more let’s enjoy the ride as far as we go.”

What’s changing our lives:

• Keane: Phone Minimalist app
• James: Being a grandparent and meditative prayer

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