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Announcing a special Advent event
The Civitas School is excited to be co-sponsoring an Edwards Institute talk presented by Edwards Institute fellow (and Civitas teacher)...
Isabella Leake
Dec 8, 20241 min read


Baking bread & making stories
What does baking have in common with creating a story? At first glance, they might seem unrelated activities, calling for totally...
Joseph Leake
May 12, 20242 min read


The delights and discoveries of etymology
Did you know that squirrel means “shadow-tail” in Greek (skíouros), or that a companion originally meant someone you break bread (Latin...
Joseph Leake
Apr 14, 20242 min read


A musical Epiphany: “Videntes stellam” three ways
One of the joys of discovering Medieval and Renaissance music is finding the same text—often a Biblical text—used over and over again by...
Isabella Leake
Jan 6, 20245 min read


The hidden link between Middle-earth & “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”: Part I
Would it surprise you to learn that J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth and the Advent hymn “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” are cousins? The beloved...
Joseph Leake
Dec 20, 20234 min read
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