Light of the Faith: The Importance of the Whole

Welcome to the kickoff of season 7 of our Light of the Faith series. Our Theme this year is the Importance of Family Life! In this episode, MODG Founder Laura Berquist discussed how having the end in mind is so necessary for shaping our homeschooling year with her talk “The Importance of the Whole.” “In my experience, children need four things to gain mastery of their actions. They need a sacramental life, they need regular heroic example, they need encouragement, and they need conversations.”- Laura Berquist Timestamps: 0:00-6:17 Intro music ( You can listen to our entire playlist of classical hymns here.) 6:18-Introduction from Director of Advancement, Christopher Sebastian 10:42- Laura's talk on order and organization begins 13:25- Four types of order explanation (order among parts of a whole, order of parts to the whole, order of one whole to another whole, and lastly the order of creature to his Creator) 14:20- The order of creature to his Creator 21:56- The 4 things children need to gain mastery of their actions 24:00- Conversation with your children- gaining the hearts of your children 25:48- The order among the parts of a whole-Adam's headship-the father as the head of the family and final source of judgment 25:57-Father and mother together as one principle of authority 29:50- The order of parts to a whole 35:13- The order of one whole to another whole- the family to the society 36:50- "Haystack Full of Needles" by Alice Gunther- book recommendation from Laura 40:10- Seeing Christ in all of those around us 42:50- Consecrating each daily action to God 44:26- Laura's talk ends 45:00- Ending commentary and Q&A begins