Common Places

A lecture with Q&A given by Mr. Dale Stenberg at the 2022 Florida Regional Convivium entitled "Fear, Fulfillment, and Festivity." Mr. Stenberg argues that the main pillars in the design of classical education are wonder, leisure, and festivity. He contrasts this with the modern-day utilitarian approach to education and demonstrates how a return to these basic foundational ideas can help students think of education as a life lived in appreciation of the fact of existence, rather than academic drudgery that ends with graduating. Dale Stenberg is a Teaching Fellow for the Davenant Institute and co-hosts their Pilgrim Faith Podcast with Dr. Joe Minich. He is President and Headmaster of Pietas Classical Christian in Melbourne, FL, and studied for an MDiv at Whitfield Theological seminary.