2025 conference prep has brought with it a whole new level of patience and fortitude for me on the front end. I spent five months emailing and phone calling locations all over Spokane, Medical Lake, Spokane Valley, Post Falls, Coeur d’Alene, and beyond, trying to nail down a location for this year’s Paideia Northwest conference…
Have you wondered what the philosophy of the Lord’s paideia might look like when implemented and pursued in real Christian families in our own era and locale? Paideia Conversations is a casual podcast where Christian mamas from Paideia Northwest and Paideia Southeast dialogue about all things paideia: interviewing others, discussing books, sharing their own glimpses…
After much dizzying excitement and planning, it was really thrilling to reveal the announcement yesterday for our upcoming conference for moms, Courage for the Daily, which will feature Mystie Winckler, Adam Andrews, and Rachel Jankovic as keynote speakers. It will be an entire Saturday of filling up your vessel, focused on how we as moms need…
WHY PAIDEIA? /pʌɪˈdʌɪə/ pie-DAY-uh According to the Greek, paideia is a word which encapsulates the entirety of one’s educational input, learning system, and cultural influence. It is a word which has no direct, concise English equivalent. Did you know that it is this very word which Paul uses in Ephesians 6:4 when he instructs fathers…
“True Christian education is not a negative thing; it is not a matter of isolating the student from the full scope of knowledge… Rather it is giving him or her the framework or total truth, rooted in the Creator’s existence and in the Bible’s teaching, so that in each step of the formal learning process…
Paideia Northwest is brand-new on the scene in the Pacific Northwest, seeking to build bridges, encourage community, & create camaraderie for regional Christian mamas who are raising & educating their children in the nurture, admonition, & wisdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. If you are a Christian homeschooling mother, or the Christian mom of kids…
