In Memory Period this morning, I paired a reading of Psalm 19 with this poem by Gerard M. Hopkins. Try it!

THE WORLD is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
And wears man’s smudge and shares man’s smell: the soil

"We don't even know what skills may be needed in the years ahead. We must train our young people in the fundamental fields of knowledge, and equip them to understand and cope with change. We must give them the critical qualities of mind and durable qualities of character that will serve them in circumstances we cannot now even predict." (John Gardner, former US Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, in Excellence)

Bread is a simple pleasure. Combine remarkably few ingredients--flour, water, salt and yeast--leave it alone for a bit, then bake and enjoy. Yet breadbaking is also startlingly complex. Proportions of ingredients are important. Too little or too much of any one ingredient, and the bread might be edible, but won't be a joy to eat and share. This combination of simple and complex parallels Dominion's approach to education.

In "Spiritual Formation As If the Church Mattered," Wheaton professor James Wilhoit writes: