Our Mission
The Heights Forum is a department of The Heights School. We assist parents, school leaders, and teachers in their own efforts to educate boys into men fully alive. Through in-person and digital resources we share our experience in forming the hearts and minds of boys, and invite you to join the conversation.
Your Calling and How to Find It
Featuring Arthur Brooks
The crisis of meaning among young people gets a lot of press; but a quieter crisis of calling afflicts every generation today. Dr. Arthur Brooks says the causes are the same: not knowing what our life is really and ultimately for. In his talk at The Heights Forum Convivium 2025, Dr. Brooks shares the facts about calling—where neuroscience, psychology, and theology all agree, and how he (finally) found his. He goes on to say that helping young people to discover the true Christian purpose of life and then one’s personal...
The World Needs Your Son to Be Professionally Ambitious
By Alvaro de Vicente
Last week’s article focused on leisure—wasting time well. In his latest article, Alvaro de Vicente considers the other side of the coin, work, focusing especially on professional work.
Frantic Families: Three Questions for a More Intentional Life
Featuring Kevin Twomey
Kevin Twomey is a husband, father, and a principal consultant at Table Group, founded by Patrick Lencioni, which specializes in helping executive teams build a healthy operational work culture. Lencioni’s book, The Three Big Questions, brings that same expertise to bear on the modern frantic family: helping parents find their family identity, create intentional priorities, and live with more order and purpose. Chapters: 4:01 Typical family operations 9:09 Frantic families in a frantic world 14:36 What makes your family unique? 21:57 Parent leadership 26:02 What is your family’s top priority...
In Defense of Wasting Time
By Alvaro de Vicente
Professional and vocational work requires practice and the building up of good habits; but so does our leisure. In his latest article, Alvaro de Vicente defends the disappearing art of wasting time.