An Imagination that Makes a Difference

0 Comments

If it isn’t apparent by now that I’m convinced of the essential role of the imagination in our lives, then we have a serious failure of communication. Today’s blog post describes the kind of healthy

Why Reading Matters

0 Comments

“Deprive children of stories and you leave them unscripted, anxious stutterers in their actions as in their words.” -Alasdair MacIntyre A peer of mine, bemoaning the inept vacuum we were unfortunate enough to share, once

One Sentence Inspiration

0 Comments

“Lord, suffer me to sing these wounds by which I am made and marred, savor this creature whose aloneness you ease and are.” -Christian Wiman, “So Much a Poet He Despises Poetry”

One Sentence Inspiration

0 Comments

“Tomorrow, the bowl I have yet to fill.” -from “After Your Death” by Natasha Trethewey

Children of the Master Story-Teller

0 Comments

The locus of glory within the Christian tradition is the incarnation of Christ who is the Word, or Logos, made flesh (John 1); therefore, Christians are essentially people of the Word. We find glorious meaning

Bookleggers Unite

0 Comments

Every child is predisposed to love a good story and to see his or her world as part of a larger story. I was no different and in many ways I remain a child whose

Finding Traction in a World of Distraction

0 Comments

Thomas Friedman wrote a provocative book a few years back declaring that, largely due to the rapid growth of technology and the increasing connectivity of people worldwide, the world is now flat. I can find