Paul Drake

Classical Educator, IT Director, Media Consultant | I tweet about: The Liberal Arts, Jesus, Soccer, Baseball, Coffee, Whiskey, and Music | #LFC #YNWA 🔴 🇺🇦

[Paul Drake @mrpauldrake]

"...Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection."
-- Wendell Berry

[Paul Drake @mrpauldrake]

“’Eat my flesh,’ [Jesus] says, ‘and drink my blood.’ The Lord supplies us with these intimate nutrients, he delivers over his flesh and pours out his blood, and nothing is lacking for the growth of his children” -- Clement of Alexandria

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When you’re feeling stuck, focusing on the things you hate can help... make a To-Don't List 🙂https://t.co/t8rJ3Wpxut

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The backbone of civilization links the discernible past with the uncharted future. https://t.co/nM9XrrBniy

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"I asked you and you would not listen; so I asked my God and He did listen." - St. Scholastica

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"The essay hasn’t been banished from classically minded institutions. Rather, the more personalized, discussion-centric model of instruction by its nature renders essays a secondary tool." - @JeremyTate41 https://t.co/xk1QR1OSCl

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"I no longer fear God, but I love Him. For perfect love casts out fear." - St. Anthony the Great

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"The surest mark of a Christian is not faith, or even love, but joy." - Sam Shoemaker

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"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." – Aristotle

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"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." - William Butler Yeats

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@Gary_Brumley A wise decision indeed.

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Don’t look behind the curtain… you know because social media and smartphones are good for our students… 👀

[Brad Wilcox @BradWilcoxIFS]

Truly astonishing: ER visits for self-harm among teen girls have *doubled* since 2009 #TeensandTech

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@JeremyTate41 Furthermore, go even when you don’t “feel” like it. At the end of the day we need to feast on His body and His blood.

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@JeremyTate41 Let’s go! ⚽️🎉

But isn’t a soccer ball a real football? 😉

[Paul Drake @mrpauldrake]

Umm what?! 😲

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Is it always wrong for a married person to have sex w/someone else?

Among people born 1980 and 1984, the share who says it's always wrong dropped from 85% to 65% between 2004 and 2021.

For those born between 1985 and 1989, it dropped even more - 85% to just 50%!

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I enjoy covers of Springsteen songs more than the original. #SorryNotSorry https://t.co/SWWEyQKNaN

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A Humanism of the Abyss — At a moment when people who don’t share our identity feel alien, Oliver Sacks’s classic book about reaching catatonic patients has much to teach by ⁦@ayjay⁩ https://t.co/DBCuWqFZK1

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Hornless Frogs? 🤷‍♂️

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May he rest in peace; may eternal light shine upon him - indeed.
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Happy St. Stephen’s Day to one and all!