Wheatstone Academy

Hello!

I just got home last night from Wheatstone Academy, http://www.wheatstoneacademy.com

 and I cannot stress enough how true, inspiring and grand it is. It is terribly difficult to know how to describe it though. We got to hear world class speakers throughout the week, who did more than just inspire us, they confronted us with our sins, and challenged us to be more than consumer-driven and narrow people. Is there hope for us to successfully confront the ugliness, the falseness, and the bad in our souls? No, we were taught, but absolutely through the power of the Holy Spirit. 

It isn't enough to be a generally good, nice person. I have never robbed a bank, and I sometimes do my laundry. :) That's not enough though. It's not enough to get good grades, and maintain a good GPA. We have to deeply want to learn for the sake of learning, not the grade. We have to be the kind of people who watch Shakespeare and enjoy him, and more than that, who learn to write stories ourselves. Not just people who listen to music, but who create music. Why do we let culture lead us to being content with being pretty happy when we should be the most dissatisfied? We have to change culture, and as impossible, and overly grand as that sounds, it is in reality a rather flat, understated rendition of the truth. We cannot do this, but mercifully, we don't work for ourselves, but through the power of the Holy Spirit.

So what is Wheatstone? I don't know! I met insanely beautiful people, but I have met beautiful people before. I think it's meeting beautiful people and then living in a community with them, not just being individuals. (Something absolutely necessary, as we will fall alone, community is vital.) I think partially what it is, is that we are beginning to share a vision, and to enact that vision of how the good life should be lived. Rebecca Fort could not be praised enough for what she has done, I have seldom met a person with her intelligence, fortitude (no pun intended! :) ) beauty, and wisdom. She is a remarkable person. The mentors, and the staff are wonderful, and you should meet them. Okay? :)

HOWEVER.

You need to go next year, whether or not you went this year. This was my second year, and it was more wonderful than even last year (which I never would have believed prior). This isn't information that you can get in a sound clip, it is the experience of living with head, heart and hand combined.

So if you've never been to Wheatstone, let's talk. ;) Coffee or something. :)