tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.comments2024-03-13T08:15:40.468+00:00Beauty in EducationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger189125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-81683518859836030632014-05-30T13:18:16.952+01:002014-05-30T13:18:16.952+01:00Love it. Thanks!Love it. Thanks!Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-22516084753991373142014-05-29T13:25:12.374+01:002014-05-29T13:25:12.374+01:00I just want to say thank you for sharing this post...I just want to say thank you for sharing this post, it was really awesome and very informative. Thank you......<br /><a href="http://anishcollege.com" rel="nofollow">Best Commerce College Hyderabad</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937993071722516109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-56805197436826257802014-05-28T16:10:45.744+01:002014-05-28T16:10:45.744+01:00Mr. Caldecott,
Thank you for your books on educat...Mr. Caldecott,<br /><br />Thank you for your books on education and the inspiration you have given my family. My wife and I have enjoyed your writings and use them as we home-school our children. We have on average four other children that come to our house for the day or for various classes. <br /><br />Thank you for the reintroduction to Silver Surfer! Please enjoy this superhero song written and performed by my 13 year old daughter (she has certain aspirations...): <br /><br />http://belteros.weebly.com/blog <br /><br />It is called "Save The World"<br /><br />We pray for your Peace. Glory to God for All Things.<br /><br />Billy and Susan in IndianaBelteros5https://www.blogger.com/profile/14168158260333327723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-37309534662700932782014-05-27T13:03:27.192+01:002014-05-27T13:03:27.192+01:00Thank you! Please go ahead and publish.Thank you! Please go ahead and publish.Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-64639368118511184002014-05-27T11:45:30.519+01:002014-05-27T11:45:30.519+01:00Hi,
Would it be all right reprint your beautiful ...Hi,<br /><br />Would it be all right reprint your beautiful words on 'Why Life and Death?' in our parish magazine?<br /><br />With prayers for you and your family at this time,<br /><br />Corinna<br />Corinna Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305115659744773814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-85421658106269200342014-05-22T03:47:31.308+01:002014-05-22T03:47:31.308+01:00I have only just been introduced to your work and ...I have only just been introduced to your work and am slowly working through "Beauty in the Word". I am saddened by your suffering, yet I know this hope we have in Christ. Confronting cancer as a believer comes with mixed feelings...to be in the presence of the Lord sooner, yet with sorrow at leaving family and friends behind. My dear friend Margie suffers so, and I grieve for her yet see God's amazing hand more clearly than I would had she not endured this cancer.<br /><br />Blessings on you, peace and a lessening of the pain if at all possible. Thank you for the many words I hope to read. I, too, will keep you in my prayers.<br /><br />Kristin in ArizonaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-22360195517839016102014-05-21T18:46:40.390+01:002014-05-21T18:46:40.390+01:00Dear Dr. Caldecott,
a few years ago a member of my...Dear Dr. Caldecott,<br />a few years ago a member of my family became seriously ill.<br />We prayed uncountable times to God to cure him (doctors words: there is no cure!).But nothing happened, instead it got worse. <br /><br />We struggled and we thought that God forgot about us.That he didn't listen to our prayers.That maybe we were not good enough to be loved by him and to deserve his help.<br /><br />Many times during sunday service the priest mentioned that sometimes God helps us in ways that we do not recognize at first. His help does come in a different way that WE want him to help us and sometimes our hearts and minds are too "closed" to recognize the help he already sent us.<br /><br />We met several people in different situations of life,who were very focused on a right nutrition. First we didn't see that this was our help.The help we had prayed for such a long time.Until one fine day that we could finally make a connection to the illness and the nutriton.<br /><br />We couldn't believe it,but then we tried and we educated ourselves,<br />spent many hours and days and months on research about the right nutrition for several illnesses..and then we found it..very hidden...but we did.<br /><br />We bought the highly quality vitamins & nutrition and started to treat our family member..and after a week..there were positive results! God let us find the cure that we prayed for and that doctors denied and didn't want to acknowledge as possible,because it wouldn't bring them any profit.<br /><br />Now we know that God sent us the help we were waiting for right in the beginning-we just didn't see it,'cause we wanted him to help us the way we wanted the help-a miraculous cure in a heartbeat. <br /><br />We are very thankful that we met all those peolpe who led us unwittingly on the right path to help our family member.<br /><br />There is a saying:"God helps them that help themselves." <br />But I think he gives us the "tools" and the power to help ourselves and that in the end is his help,too. <br /><br />When I was a child we were told about this poem during sunday school. Every time I feel abandoned by God,I rememeber it and although it is not from the bible it gives me hope and helps me to believe in Gods love & help for us.<br /><br />Footprints in the Sand,by M.Stevenson<br />(http://www.footprints-inthe-sand.com/index.php?page=Poem/Poem.php)<br /><br />I read that your health status is very bad. While researching the internet a few month ago,I found this site about a man named "Vernon Johnston".He had the similar diagnosis that you have (he had a class IV Aggressive Prostate cancer that spread to the bones).Doctors sent him home to die. <br /><br />But he cured himself within 10 days(!), by drinking a solution of baking soda&molasses a few times a day. The sodium bicarbonate (which has to be aluminum free) makes the body alkaline so that cancer cells can't survive, because they want to live in an acidic environment. So it is helpful too,to avoid food that makes the body acidic.<br /><br />http://phkillscancer.com/<br />http://phkillscancer.com/cancer-success-stories-from-others-some-links<br />http://phkillscancer.com/protocol<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8Y8I_TsjI<br /><br />I researched that an oncologist named "Dr.T. Simoncini" recovered that cancer is a fungus. He successfully treated patients-who were sent home to die-with sodium bicarbonate.<br />(http://simoncini-cancer-center.com/en/presentation , http://www.curenaturalicancro.com/ ,there are also many videos on youtube).<br /><br />I remembered the article of Vernon J. when I read about your illness and I felt the urgent need or impulse to write this to you. I don't know if you will try it or if it would cure you..but maybe I was driven to write you out of the same reasons those people came to me and my family to educate us about the right nutrition to cure our family member. <br /><br />Either way I'll pray for you and I hope God sends you as much power you need to endure everything you have to go through. <br /><br />JUDGES, 6:23 <br />"And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die."<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-34387806324411247562014-05-20T10:47:09.892+01:002014-05-20T10:47:09.892+01:00Thank you for your inspiring devotion to your voca...Thank you for your inspiring devotion to your vocation. God bless you now and always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-55437457272585314522014-05-19T05:58:20.835+01:002014-05-19T05:58:20.835+01:00It really saddens me to hear of your condition.
I...It really saddens me to hear of your condition.<br /><br />I personally find you to be one of the finest (if not the finest) Catholic thinkers today ... a Chesterton for the 21 century.<br /><br />Whether in your books, articles or blog posts, you truly capture the beauty as well as full breath and depth of the genuine Catholic Tradition in a way that is refreshing and timely. Your words put to shame much of what passes as Catholic theology today. Few so-called Catholic writers can equal the brilliance of, say, your "The Radiance of Being" among others. <br /><br />And i love the fact you enjoy (as i do) Marvel comics and the recent Marvel films and use it has a basis for deeper reflections.<br /><br />I also would like to thank you for your writings on education, our home-schooled children are being moulded in heart and mind by this recovered vision.<br /><br />Lastly, I will keep you in my prayers.<br /><br />In paradisum deducant te Angeli; in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem. Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro quondam paupere æternam habeas requiem.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263296274103697599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-59601859102614391322014-05-19T01:19:06.423+01:002014-05-19T01:19:06.423+01:00I checked in this blog just as I was about to begi...I checked in this blog just as I was about to begin reading Beauty in the Word. It will now be all the richer. Thank you.Dana Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17200382198272287519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-50534028325792830872014-05-17T21:58:44.651+01:002014-05-17T21:58:44.651+01:00Thanks for the inspiration. I have started my book...Thanks for the inspiration. I have started my book on Islamic Renaissance in Education and Beauty in the World will be getting positive treatment in Part 1 which argues that John O'Malley's Four Cultures of the West can provide the basis of a shared pedagogy which is both inclusive and distinctive in respect of teaching Muslims in the west.Tim Luckcock PhDhttp://www.islamicrenaissance.org.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-3637471855076449622014-05-16T23:49:41.842+01:002014-05-16T23:49:41.842+01:00Dear Stratford
I am gladdened to hear of the grac...Dear Stratford<br /><br />I am gladdened to hear of the graces you are experiencing. You endure your own cross in the knowledge that your writings have touched the hearts of many (some known to you, but most unknown) and brought them closer to the sacred Triune Mystery at the heart of all things.<br /><br />Every blessing<br />KennethKennethhttp://www.dioceseofaberdeen.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-21123483071820268292014-05-16T22:43:38.033+01:002014-05-16T22:43:38.033+01:00You continue to inspire me, my old friend. I am to...You continue to inspire me, my old friend. I am touched at the peace you have always shown. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02831950353961453029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-24181296516596993832014-05-13T01:55:43.488+01:002014-05-13T01:55:43.488+01:00This sounds like such an interesting discussion--w...This sounds like such an interesting discussion--wished I lived closer so I could participate! Stratford, I used a chapter from your book (Beauty for Truth's Sake) as one of the assigned readings last year when I was teaching educational psychology at a secular university (in the week on religious education). Interestingly it was the Muslim students in my class who really resonated with it. Not surprising that they resonated with a theistic account of education, I suppose, but still somewhat surprising given the heavy emphasis on Logos. I wished I had had the freedom to really go deeper in discussion with them but I was really thankful for such a great reading to get them thinking. I really appreciate the book's take on education! It articulated so well what I wanted my students to take away from the course. <br />Wishing you well,<br />ElissaMiss Elissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900877706073871875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-44721837791175491332014-02-26T14:18:36.629+00:002014-02-26T14:18:36.629+00:00I was very glad to see your article in Columbia. A...I was very glad to see your article in Columbia. A few years ago, I started reading your book Beauty for Truth's Sake and was amazed how it synthesized so many good sources to show what needed to be done to renew math and science. I was so burned out after finishing a degree in engineering since the technological mindset didn't really seem to improve the culture. So I switched to theology/philosophy but struggled to bring it all together. After finishing school, I resumed engineering again to support my growing family. Now I read your books and share them with my wife. We incorporate your ideas and the sources you cite in our homeschooling curriculum. This is our gift to the New Evangelization. Thank you.Drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04561389832242035187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-32042705001779268552014-02-23T12:14:45.544+00:002014-02-23T12:14:45.544+00:00Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you find ...Thank you for your kind comments. I hope you find 'Power of the Ring' sufficiently different from 'Secret Fire', which was the earlier UK title of the same book. Confusing, but you can thank the various publishers for that. I did add and revise as much as I was able. Enjoy!Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-45829342318479438072014-02-23T12:02:14.841+00:002014-02-23T12:02:14.841+00:00Excellent (and timely!) reading; thank you for pos...Excellent (and timely!) reading; thank you for posting. Although The Power of the Ring is on my bookshelf, I've not read it yet; however, I have read and thoroughly enjoyed its predecessor Secret Fire: The Spiritual Vision of J.R.R. Tolkien.<br /><a href="http://beauty-rome.blogspot.com/2014/01/chanel-perfume-what-makes-chanel-so.html" rel="nofollow">Chanel</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09855277540228567363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-17144706419378662022014-02-23T05:04:44.790+00:002014-02-23T05:04:44.790+00:00thank you so much for such an informative blog
thank you so much for such an informative blog<br />rachelhttp://www.getpapershelp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-20268258217192447602014-02-16T19:29:19.392+00:002014-02-16T19:29:19.392+00:00Mr. Caldecott, I was so pleased to run into this a...Mr. Caldecott, I was so pleased to run into this article in my husband's Columbia magazine recently and was glad to be able to share it once I saw it was available online. I am currently in the middle of Beauty I'm the Word and have seen you reference many of these same ideas in that work. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and research about education as they have really inspired me in our home and home education as well as my own faith.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576250498849625401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-60264457209097322552014-02-10T21:39:22.410+00:002014-02-10T21:39:22.410+00:00Wow, this is fantastic food for thought. You say t...Wow, this is fantastic food for thought. You say that faith informs the way subjects are taught and that reflects so much of what I've been contemplating lately: how do we approach home education in a way that upholds the dignity of our children as image bearers?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471641245888346516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-80312836644279636072014-01-13T06:49:27.660+00:002014-01-13T06:49:27.660+00:00Delighted to do so! All the best.Delighted to do so! All the best.Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-59824242447483117632014-01-12T21:36:11.128+00:002014-01-12T21:36:11.128+00:00I've really been enjoying your last few posts ...I've really been enjoying your last few posts on Chesterton. This is the year of Chesterton for me! I'm digging in deep. <br /><br />I've invited others to dig in with me if they are so inclined, and we've got a <a href="http://www.amongstlovelythings.com/search/label/Weekends%20with%20Chesterton#.UtMJQn-9KSM" rel="nofollow">Weekends with Chesterton</a> gathering going on this year and I'd love it if you linked this up to today's post! <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11471641245888346516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-81383995246727353332013-12-12T10:47:33.046+00:002013-12-12T10:47:33.046+00:00Yes! I was told the American readership wouldn'...Yes! I was told the American readership wouldn't "get" the allusion. Oh well. Thanks again. Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-9098073510539273592013-12-12T10:02:37.266+00:002013-12-12T10:02:37.266+00:00Ok:it's a shame they didn't keep the origi...Ok:it's a shame they didn't keep the original title with its allusion to Gandalf's mysterious words as he faced the Balrog. That was surely one of the moments in Tolkien when his deep faith breaks through, becoming explicit as opposed to hidden and implicit.Kennethhttp://www.secondspring.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41720933115310331.post-75564404979946632002013-12-11T22:19:08.771+00:002013-12-11T22:19:08.771+00:00That's kind of you. But I must apologise: as I...That's kind of you. But I must apologise: as I explain elsewhere on the site, The Power of the Ring is not a sequel but a revised and expanded edition of the same book (now that Secret Fire is out of print). Blame the publishers, not me, since it was they who changed the title! But there are lots of little improvements as well as some substantial additions.Stratford Caldecotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05239053224257881002noreply@blogger.com