Mar
29
"Then it all fell apart."
I started reading Wigger's PTL and found this ending paragraph of the Introduction that speaks to an almost
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From My Bookshelf
Sep
16
Yes, but actually no.
This is what I'm talking about. Again from Gatto:
There seems to me to be two “official” ways
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Jul
23
Gatto's Got Me Thinking
I know that I am way too tender to be reading John Taylor Gatto, but his Dumbing Us Down (1992)
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Jun
30
Did Shakespeare Write Shakespeare?
Jonathan Bates takes on the "Who wrote Shakespeare?" conspiracy theory.
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Jul
25
What Script Writing and Event Producing Have in Common
I was browsing around the movie section of a bookstore (because if you’re going to take a break from
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Jul
23
Dorthy L. Sayers and Learning Anything
Dorthy Sayers, in her speech, The Lost Tools of Learning, outlines how the use of language is the primary goal
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Jul
11
Most can't be a great preacher/teacher every week
Spending five years in a context that saw a consistent line of itinerant speakers really gave me an appreciation for
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Jul
04
Why the Church Calendar Doesn't Work
I’ve been wading into the details of the liturgical year, so I asked Evan if he had any threads
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Jul
03
Religion in America
This 4th of July, I bring you another quote from Alexis de Tocqueville. Happy Independence Day!
There is an innumerable
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Jan
31
The Quiet Power of Introverts
On Matt’s recommendation, i listened through Suzan Cain’s book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That
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