About

Mr. Kirkendall is in his second year teaching at Monte Vista. He is a Monte Vista alumni, and is elated to be back teaching with those who taught him. He majored in Humanities: English and English: Writing at Biola University, spent time studying abroad at Oxford University, and spent 2 years teaching in Hawthorne, CA through Teach for America. He enjoys books, writing, theology, and finding odd paths on walks. His wife, Mrs. Kirkendall, teaches 6th grade science in the middle school. He is grateful that you are here, and is excited to see you grow in his class and beyond.

About the blog name:

Mr. Kirkendall likes puns. The blog name merges the words "literature" and the word "logos." "Literature" comes from the Latin phrase for "grammar," and "logos" is the Greek word for "word" that is also the root of "logic." Logos is also the word that John uses to describe Jesus, the Son of God, the Word made flesh, in the first chapter of his gospel:

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

All of our words come from God, and God has revealed himself through the words of his Scripture, and through the Word which is His Son, Jesus, who was fully God and fully man. God created the world by speaking, and we have a chance to participate in the life of his Word through our own words. This is a complex mystery, but it bears at least one practical fact: Jesus is the Lord of all words, therefore he is the Lord of our speaking, reading, and writing. 

I look forward to exploring these mysteries with you.