What it's like to attend a Christian school for Buddhist & Muslim students Inside each Minnehaha Academy classroom is a laminated 11x17 inch poster displaying the school’s four core values—in...
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2020 and the apocalypse
2020 might have been a terrible year, but some thought it was the final one In the year 2020 there was a global pandemic, massive racial unrest across the nation, an economic crash, record breaking...
Why do tragedies happen?
Minnehaha's sacred studies department explores why bad things happen Minnehaha Academy has had a hard three months. The disaster that occurred on August second has shaken our community and will...
The First Noel
Christmas and its meanings Long ago, a baby was born who would change people's hearts and lives so greatly that 2,000 years later, 30 percent of the world would still believe in him. The day of his...
Pastor Greg Ellis works to integrate faith and academics
Greg Ellis settles into his new role as Minnehaha Chaplain This year, Pastor Greg Ellis is serving as Minnehaha's Upper School Chaplain and is teaching two Bible classes. "I'm teaching the...
Mixing religion, politics with climate science
Katharine Hayhoe explains how political and religious views can shape understanding of climate change and the world "Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer," "Sierra Nevada...
Faith v.s. arts?
Theater teacher and director Nicholas Freeman rested his chin against his knuckles and gazed across a room of empty...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Faith
The blazing Middle East sun scorches the backs of a group of men, huddled along a dusty dirt road. The straps of their...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Temperance
Controlling indulgence over small things can open the door to larger growth, freedom This continues a seven-part...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Justice
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Anger
As humans, we are often faced with unfavorable circumstances--financial trouble, the mishandling of valuables, injury...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Hope
In the well known Greek myth of "Pandora's Box," Pandora, the first woman created by the gods, was given a box by Zeus...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Pride
In Greek mythology, there is a story about an inventor and his son who are imprisoned on the island of Crete, within...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Sloth
Like a parasitical relationship, sloth latches on There's a certain level of relief that comes from putting aside...
An Examination of Sins and Virtues: Fortitude
Bravery, or fortitude is the feeling that motivates soldiers to rise out of desolate trenches, bystanders to intervene...