The Christian believes that there is truth, as revealed to us by God in His Word, the Bible. We know that He is the final authority, He has personality (He is Triune). We therefore have a philosophical explanation for the experience of the human personality. It is no fluke. Is is real: morality, free choice, ideas, love, creativity. We have duties, responsibilities, aims, and joys. We have value. In education, the resulting principles and practice will be quite different from those based on a totally different view of man and reality.
Do we have to accept ... the "real life" of fear, failure, boredom, suppression, conformity, selfishness, laziness, pride, materialism? Do we say it is "more real" that children should be subjected to garbage, trivia, horror, false thinking, and wrong living? Does neglect toughen up the child for adulthood? Do we give in to peer pressure which expects the false, wrong, and empty behavior which is the "done thing?"
There can be no greater vocation in life than the family responsibility of sharing life with the growing child. These are hard days, in many ways, for rightful living. It doesn't "just happen." Stop and think. Get priorities right. And remember, education is ongoing. We, too, are learning, growing, living.
Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith. ~ Galatians 6:9-10
