Last week was a momentous one for the European project. On Monday, the Greek Parliament passed an austerity package that other Eurozone members, especially Germany, had demanded as a condition for considering Greece’s request for an €86 bailout. Negotiations will now begin. How they will end is . . . . Continue Reading »
For the seventh Songbook entry, it’s time for sounds that remind us of, or at least make us long for, God’s goodness. Here are two pieces I can recommend unequivocally as fine music, one initially composed without words, from the jazz tradition but veering into the classical, and another . . . . Continue Reading »
One of our country’s most precious inheritance from the Puritans was the more or less compulsory cessation of commercial activity on Sunday. But we Hobbesian/Darwinian survivalists increasingly think there’s not time enough to allow the wasting of even a single day. Or . . . . Continue Reading »
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