The Omnibus Classroom Never Without Notice and Always with Gratitude The late 19th-century American painter, Winslow Homer, purposed in his heart to “never let the sun rise or set without my notice and thanks.” I often think of this quiet oath as I begin my school day in the empty classroom, practicing our hymn for the day, and tying back the curtains to greet the sun, and then again at the conclusion of the day when the students depart with, “Thank you, Mr. Blackwell. Have a good weekend.”...

The Sea-Walled Garden of the Soul As Peter Leithart notes in his Omnibus introduction, “For many in an older generation, The Bible and...

We Have Still A King In The Idylls of The King, Alfred Lord Tennyson describes the four great zones of the sculpture, “set betwixt with...