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HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive
HeightsCast: Forming Men Fully Alive
Episode • Sep 12, 2024 • 40m

The vision of “man fully alive” involves a man motivated by faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these, St. Paul tells us, is love.

Our guest today, Mr. Tom Steenson, is a long-time teacher of the Heights fifth grade and also the upper school class History of Western Thought. He brings his experience and broad readings to bear on the question: How can we impart lessons of authentic love to rambunctious twenty-first century boys in a way they’ll actually internalize? Tom’s practical ideas span younger and older students, framing the endeavor as forming the boys for love by love.

Chapters:
  • 2:47 Teaching love to younger students
  • 6:11 Teaching love to upper school students
  • 11:26 Turning self-focus into self-knowledge
  • 16:20 Images of love in the curriculum
  • 19:36 Love and masculinity
  • 23:47 Love in imitation of God
  • 26:06 Passionately loving the world
  • 31:00 Faith, hope, love: the greatest is love
  • 34:46 Affirmation of their goodness
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