Sojourn for Schools

In 1794, President George Washington authorized the construction of six frigates to protect American interests against pirates and the British and French navies. Three years later the USS Constitution was launched as one of the six wooden-hull ships. More than two centuries later, with her 36 sails and 44 cannons, she stands as “the pride of our nation’s naval heritage” and as the world’s oldest commissioned warship still afloat today.

Even if you’ve never visited Rome, the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Palace may have a familiar feel. This 13th-century chapel, built to the dimensions of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6), is where cardinals meet to elect a new pope. It also houses some of the most famous and widely reproduced painted scenes known to man.

Thought leaders come to the Parthenon not to agree with all that the ancient Greeks believed but to learn from them. They come in the spirit of Francis Bacon, who wrote, “Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider.”

Traveling to the Grand Canyon with your hiking boots ready is more than an exercise that will test your physical stamina. Hiking the canyon will also exercise your worldview. You’ll be invited to compare theories that measure the canyon rock’s longevity in billions of years against the belief of creation by an eternal God.