This is essentially the preceptorial system developed at Princeton in 1905. It shrinks class size because students work in small cohorts usually with a grad assistant. It works. I was fortunate to have that experience in some of my graduate work.
My 7 year old is the same way. It brings me back to the time I knew I could read an entire novel by myself. The first one I ever read cover to cover was James and the Giant Peach. Then I read every Roald Dahl book I could get my hands on after that. A marvelous quote by C.S. Lewis says it better than I could every say, "I saw the bright shadow coming out of the book into the real world and resting there, transforming all common things and yet itself unchanged. Or, more accurately, I saw the common things drawn into the bright shadow."
I am being received into Orthodoxy this coming Sunday. The bishop made his annual visit the Sunday before last. I know what you mean. There was a different air in the Liturgy and it wasn't just the smell of the food cooking :-) What struck me was how humble he was. That's one thing I love about Orthodoxy. Growing up Catholic priests seemed untouchable. Protestant pastors seemed too common. Orthodox priests and bishops, at least here, seem to strike the balance between the two.
Hey Josh,
To much to post on that conversion here! ;) I actually just pitched it to Patheos.com to start and Eastern Orthodox channel and blog there. That story needs its own space.
I agree with learning Greek. Without we don't have all the tools for a solid understanding of the text. I no longer think that Hebrew is necessary other than for further Old Testament studies. The text used in the New Testament is not the Masoretic text but the Septuagint. LXX studies were not even part of my seminary curriculum. I'm only now seeing the value of that in my new life in Orthodoxy.
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Andrew Tatusko 
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