Welcome to
Relaxed Conversations
with Leigh Bortins
Our purpose is to grow in joyful community by learning together. These clubs are a simple way to learn in community by reading and listening together on a regular basis. It’s book club without the homework!
“The locus of education is the family and creation is the curriculum.”
– Leigh Bortins
The Math Map
With Kirsty Gilpin
Wednesdays at 1 PM EST
2 Lessons Per Week
The Math Map: Naturals is included in the CC membership at CCConnected.com.
Numeracy: Singular Space
Jan 10: Ex Nihilo | Number Notation
Arithmetic: Linear Space
Jan 17: Comparison | Addition & Subtraction
Jan 24: Multiplication | Division
Jan 31: Exponentiation | Equations
Geometry: Planar Space
Feb 7: Straight Lines | Intersected Lines
Feb 14: Curved Lines | Polygons
Feb 21: Circles & Ellipses | Constructions
Feb 28: Assessment | Triangles in Circles
Astronomy: Human Space
Mar 6: Intersected Shapes | Transformations
Mar 13: Open Shapes | Solid Shapes
Mar 20: Locations | Populations
Harmonics: Intersecting Spaces
Mar 27: Matrices | Rates
Apr 3: Rate of Change | Accumulated Change
Imagination: N-Space
Apr 10: Complex Numbers | Proofs
Apr 17: Seeing the Unseen | Reflection
Apr 24: Summer Book Club 0D
May 1: Break (CC National Events Week)
May 8: 1D
May 15: 2D
May 22: 3D
May 29: 4D
Jun 5: nD – Imagination with Q & A
Jun 12: 0D – Singular Space with Q & A
Jun 19: 1D – Linear Space with Q & A
Jun 26: 2D – Planar Space with Q & A
Jul 3: 3D – Human Space with Q & A
Jul 10: 4D – Intersecting Spaces with Q & A
Jul 17: nD – n Space with Q & A
Jul 24: Practicum 2025 Practice
Fall Format Begins
Jul 31: Lesson 1: Ex Nihilo
Aug 7: Lesson 2: Number Notation
Aug 14: Lesson 3: Comparison
Aug 21: Lesson 4: Addition & Subtraction
Aug 28: Lesson 5: Multiplication
Sep 4: Lesson 6: Division
Sep 11: Lesson 7: Exponentiation
Sep 18: Lesson 8: Equations
Sep 25: Lesson 9: Straight Lines
Oct 2: Lesson 10: Intersected Lines
Oct 9: Lesson 11: Curved Lines
Oct 16: Lesson 12: Polygons
Oct 23: Lesson 13: Circles & Ellipses
Oct 301: Lesson 14: Constructions
Nov 6: Lesson 15: Assessment
Nov 13: Lesson 16: Triangles in Circles
Nov 20: Lesson 17: Intersected Shapes
Nov 27: Thanksgiving Break
Dec 4: Q & A
Dec 11: Q & A
Dec 18: Q & A
Dec 25: Christmas Break
Words Aptly Spoken
With Jennifer Courtney
January
Jan 8: American Language Series
Jan 15: New World Echoes
Jan 22: Exploring the Oceans with Uncle Paul Jan 29: Emperors of Rome
February
Feb 12: Lion, Witch, Wardrobe
Feb 19: Gathering of Days
Feb 26: Where the Red Fern Grows
March
Mar 5: Discoverers
Mar 12: Iliad
Mar 26: Improving your Serve
April
Apr 2: Tales from Shakespeare
Apr 9: Julius Caesar
Apr 16: Henry V Apr 23: Hamlet Apr 30: Macbeth
May
May 7: English Epic Petry
May 14: Jane Eyre
May 21: Tale of Two Cities
May 28: Alice in Wonderland
June
Jun 4: CAF. Science Cards
Jun 25: Drawing with Children
July
Jul 2: Call of the Wild
Jul 9: Red Badge of Courage
Jul 16: Billy Budd
Jul 23: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Jul 30: Starship Troopers
August
Aug 6: Saving Leonardo
Aug 13: State of the Arts
Aug 20: How Should we Then Live
Aug 27: Gift of Music
September
Sep 3: Old Man and the Sea
Sep 17: Through Gates of Splendor
October
Oct 1: WAS Socratic Dialogues
Oct 15: Patriot’s History
Oct 29: Reasoning Together Philosophy
November
Nov 5: Out of the Silent Planet
Nov 12: Passage to India
Nov 19: The First Thanksgiving (New World Echoes)
December
Dec 3: Screwtape Letters
Dec 17: Humility
Unfragmented
With Kevin Novak
That Hideous Strength: A Deeper Look at How the West Was Lost by Melvin Tinker
June 1
June 8
June 15
June 22
June 29
Words Aptly Spoken: American Documents
July 6: Declaration of Independence
July 13: The Article of Confederation
July 20: The US Constitution
July 27: The Northwest Ordinance
Sheckles with Shackles by Christian Education Initiative
August 2
The Beautiful Tree by James Tooley
August 9
August 16
August 23
August 30
Freedomnomics by John R. Lott, Jr.
September 6
September 13
September 20
September 27
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein
October 4
October 11
October 18
October 25
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
November 1
November 8
November 15
November 22: Thanksgiving week, no podcast
November 29
Romans 13: The True Meaning of Submission by Timothy Baldwin and Chuck Baldwin
December 6
December 13
December 20
December 27