Video Recording: Today is the day each year when the church remembers the death of St. Polycarp. Watch as Bill Spanjer discusses the life and legacy of the saint.
Bill Spanjer serves as Head of Schools and Chairman of the Biblical Studies Department at Chapel Field.
For history lovers like me, it’s never a chore to sit through stories of great battles, Kings and Queens, power struggles, and revolutions. We instinctively understand that these stories matter. But art history, on the other hand, is often seen as superfluous. As if the famous paintings and sculptures of the past are mere side notes to the important information. And yet, art history is history in one of its truest …
As we gather today for this feast, we are doing something deeply communal; and deeply Christian. We share food, laughter, and friendship, and we show gratitude for the blessing of this school, and the community God has bestowed upon us. And yet, while we are in the process of rejoicing, we are called to remember that the time we are preparing for is distinct from any other time on the church calendar. Holy Week is nearing, and we are about to be reminded starkly about the punishment God the Son himself undertook to pay for our sin. We are about to witness the story of the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ over spring…
In “Our Friend, Math,” Esther Park turns equations and formulas into a beautiful reflection on learning, persistence, and faith. What starts as a tangle of numbers soon becomes a reminder that even math can point us toward our Creator. The poem shows that behind every problem (academic or otherwise) there’s a deeper logic at work.
