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The Dominion Dispatch
The Dominion Dispatch episodes
- 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.
26 min - 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.
10 min - 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.
16 min - 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)
I grew up 'under a rock': My parents banned social media until I was 17. I'm glad they did (USA Today)
OTHER RESOURCES
Leonard Sax
Internet Safety 101
SOLUTIONS WORTH INVESTIGATING
Go Aro
Brick
The Light Phone
23 min - 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!
10 min - 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.
10 min - Mr. Mitchell's Charge to the Dominion Community and SEASON 2 BEGINS!
Welcome to Season 2 of the Dominion Dispatch! Make sure you catch up on all the goodness of Season 1, and get ready for a great year.
11 min - Three Cheers for Science Olympiad!
In this episode, we sit down with Mrs. Dykhoff and Mrs. Hammond, as well as several members of the middle school Science Olympiad team, to hear about their year and what they enjoyed.
12 min - Why We Ditched Our Smartphones (with Ms. Whittle, Mrs. Bewley, and Mr. Southards)
Why make the switch from smartphone to dumbphone? Listen to 3 members of our staff and faculty discuss why they made the switch and how it has enriched their lives.
The Gabb Phone
The Light Phone
Nokia Flip Phone
Book Recommendations:
Reclaiming Conversation by Sherry Turkle
Restless Devices by Felicia Wu Song
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke
16 min - Q + A- Habits of Friendship with Justin Whitmel Earley
Listen to the Q + A after Justin's seminar talk to our Upper School students. Make sure to check out Part 1 if you missed it!
17 min
About The Dominion Dispatch
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The Dominion Dispatch is a podcast all about life in the Dominion Christian School community.