I begin with my conclusion: If you are reading this review, then you should probably own this book. This is especially true if you know or care about any children or teenagers. Every parent is aware of the innumerable guides that explain how to raise children, to feed and clothe them, to . . . . Continue Reading »
What I offer below is an entirely unsystematic list of three essays and one long book touching on “plot” in ways that have been energizing to me. Continue Reading »
Lectio divina, whether in seminar rooms or online classrooms, can be part of a creative solution to the challenges of education today. Continue Reading »
I asked my friend, the poet,how she was getting by.“Work and tears,”came her reply. “And listening,” she added,“in silence, to be sure.I listen closernow than before. It is a lot like reading,a thing I loved to do . . .What book felt likefirst love to you?” “It was in French,” I . . . . Continue Reading »