Paideia Conversations

Aug 22 2022 4
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Paideia Conversations is hosted by Melissa Cummings from Paideia Northwest, dialoguing with the team at Paideia Southeast about all things paideia. As Christian mamas who purpose to raise our children in the nurture, admonition, instruction, and discipline of the Lord, we invite you into this conversation as we discuss facets and aspects and practical application of enculturating kids for Christ. Please tune in as we converse about the practice, pursuit, and implementation of paideia. To the Kingdom!

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Paideia Conversations, Episode 19

Aug 22 2022 63 mins  
In this episode of Paideia Conversations, Melissa Cummings from Paideia Northwest is joined by Kristen Kill, lately of Portland, OR to talk about the wonder, wisdom, and worship of poetry. Really, it was just a fun conversation about all things beauty, poetry, and language... we kept chatting, because it felt like there was so much to say! Find out what Kristen loves about poetry r

Paideia Conversations, Episode 18

Aug 17 2022 36 mins  
The last of our three main speakers for this year's Paideia Northwest conference joins us for this conversation, continuing to ponder the themes of wonder, wisdom, and worship. As a photography journalist, homeschooling mama of ten, and recent co-author of the book Gather, Heather Tully is a font of encouragement and grace on these topics! She shares some of her own favorite bits a

Paideia Conversations, Episode 17

Aug 16 2022 30 mins  
We are one day closer to the 2022 conference brought to you by Paideia Northwest, and in this episode of Paideia Conversations, we are joined by author, blogger, speaker, and podcaster Pam Barnhill to chat about wonder, wisdom, and worship - and how they work with one another, challenge us, bless us, and equip us... especially for those of us who are homeschooling moms trying to ba

Paideia Conversations, Episode 16

Aug 15 2022 34 mins  
As we prepare for the opening of registration for Paideia Northwest's 2022 conference for Christian mamas raising their kids for Christ, I get the pleasure of checking in with the conference speakers one by one... and you get to listen in to find out what they are preparing to share with us in November as we discuss Wonder, Wisdom, & Worship. And as today's podcast guest sugges

Paideia Conversations, Episode 15

Aug 06 2022 48 mins  
Paideia Southeast member Jenn Discher joins podcast host Melissa Cummings to chat with Sara Fragoso, who recently spoke at a Habits event hosted in Georgia by Paideia Southeast. She also just shared a blog post about home atmosphere that will echo some of the topics in this episode. Listen in as we hear from Sara about the habits she exemplifies for her children and pulls her

Paideia Conversations, Episode 14

Aug 03 2022 51 mins  
Here at Paideia Conversations, we are continuing the conversation about protecting our children in this postmodern era where the age of technology is everywhere we look... bringing the entire world into our homes and presenting it to the eyes & ears of those most precious to us. How do we pursue wisdom in light of this? Melissa Cummings talks today with Chris McKenna from Prote

Paideia Conversations, Episode 13

Aug 02 2022 43 mins  
In this Paideia Conversation, Melissa Cummings shares a nuanced conversation with Greta Eskridge about her passion for cultivating true connection with her children through adventure, and combatting the destruction of connection through the atrocity of pornography. This is a real life conversation between two real moms, and we hope you will find encouragement here to have big conve

Paideia Conversations, Episode 12

Mar 17 2022 49 mins  
In this Paideia Conversation, Melissa Cummings is joined by her friend and cohost Jenn Discher from Paideia Southeast... who also happens to be today's guest! Jenn's first novel, The Elk King, was recently released, and this is a conversation all about what it looked like for her to create that kingdom, cultivating the world of Animalia while simultaneously creating a home and cult

Paideia Conversations, Episode 11

Dec 20 2021 38 mins  
In this episode, Paideia Southeast member Anya Harrison and Melissa Cummings from Paideia Northwest continue their conversation about incarnation, and it’s time to get practical. How do we incarnate the Incarnation? Let’s dialogue about some ideas. There is so much freedom of conscience here. Seek to glorify the Lord and bless your families. As Anya said, we can disagree about

Paideia Conversations, Episode 10

Dec 17 2021 47 mins  
Paideia Southeast team member Anya Harrison joined Melissa Cummings from Paideia Northwest for a conversation which was born out of a discussion they had had about Incarnation after reading St. Athanasius' book On The Incarnation. The difference between truth and tradition, and how one informs the other while the second can give us tangible means of practicing and pursuing the firs