About Lift Up Your Hearts!
This blog is meant to be a forum for spirited—but polite—discussion and the exchange of ideas; a source of information for family and friends; and an outlet for one who fits Thomas Mann's definition of a writer: Somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
My writings are intended to provoke discussion but never offense. I ask pardon if I slip over to the wrong side of that line.
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
— Joseph Joubert
Why "Lift Up Your Hearts!"? It began when we made the choice to become a homeschooling family. At that time, it was considered prudent to name your school, so your children would have an answer when asked, "Where do you go to school?" We chose to be Sursum Corda Academy, because "lift up your hearts" captured the enthusiasm, joy, and purpose of our educational adventures. The phrase comes from the Sursum Corda in a liturgical Christian worship service:
- The Lord be with you.
- And also with you.
- Lift up your hearts.
- We lift them to the Lord.
- Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
- It is right to give him thanks and praise.
Homeschooling soon became so popular that we never needed to call ourselves a school, but we liked the name, so we kept it. "Sursum Corda" has found its way into the title of many of our publications—on paper and online. So it was natural that this blog should also be Sursum Corda, but that is the name of at least one existing blog, and I didn't want to confuse things. So I went with the translation, which ought to make sense to more people, anyway.
Our blog is hosted by Lime Daley and Salem's Attic, and run by LifeType. The primary template is based on one designed by Jon Daley.
Jon Daley is our Chief Technical Advisor, and without him this blog would be floundering in a peat bog somewhere.
