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The Dominion Dispatch
The Dominion Dispatch is a podcast all about life in the Dominion Christian School community.
The Dominion Dispatch
Latest episodes
02 July 2025
Dr. Colin Messer on Institutions and the Fruit of the Spirit
Listen in to the graduation speaker at our 2025 graduation! We are grateful to Dr. Messer for sharing his wisdom and insight with us.
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07 May 2025
Class Trips: The Where and Why!
It's time for the Upper School class trips episode! Learn more about why we take class trips and what makes them memorable for the students.
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12 February 2025
What even IS a thesis project?!
Listen in while we talk to Mr. Snider about what the thesis project entails, how it is really all about communicating with love, and hear from a couple students about their own thesis projects.
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17 December 2024
Technology, Family Life, and Digital Minimalism at Dominion
BOOKS
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family: How to Navigate a Media-Saturated World (Focus on the Family)
The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
ARTICLES
The Terrible Consequences of a Phone-Based Childhood (The Atlantic)
How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us (NPR interview)
Screens and Kids in Silicon Valley (New York Times)
Screens and Teens: A Parent's Guide to Tech-Stewardship (Tony Reinke)
IN THE NEWS
Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general, asks Congress to act (AP)
Australia passes social media ban for children under 16 (Rueters)
Communications time bomb: Parents' smartphone use could be the new secondhand smoke (USA Today)
OTHER RESOURCES
SOLUTIONS WORTH INVESTIGATING
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08 November 2024
Favorite Books of Dominion Students!
What books are Dominion students reading? Which ones do they love? Find out on today's episode of the Dominion Dispatch!
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01 October 2024
Come and Hear: Inside Classroom Catechisms + Liturgies with Mr. Johnsrud
Have you ever wondered how Dominion teachers start their day, or each class? Why do we recite the same creeds so often?
In this episode, you will listen in to some classroom liturgies, and understand more about the reasoning behind them in this interview with Upper School Principal Tanner Johnsrud.
If you're curious about using classroom catechisms for Upper School, you should read Something They Will Not Forget by Joshua Gibbs.
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