CMP Review 2025-07-22

July 22, 2025

“In a Charlotte Mason education,” explains Nancy Kelly, “we can almost become desensitized to this word ‘living’ because we hear it so much — living books, living education, Living Education Retreat, living lessons… but vitality itself refers to a feeling of aliveness in the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects, the whole person.”

In this year’s Conversazione, Nancy Kelly invites us to reconnect with the “living” elements of the Charlotte Mason method, elements which restore vitality to our bodies, minds, and spirits. She shows us how Miss Mason modeled the human person as a tabernacle, and she gives us “an example of how a Mason education … can take you from the outer court, to the inner court, and maybe into the Holy of Holies.”

But Nancy points us to more than just activities and techniques. She points us to “the glorious source of this vitality” in a moving and powerful way. Hear her new talk entitled “Vitality as the Hidden Force of a Charlotte Mason Education‬,” recorded live this month. You can find it here.

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