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Eating the Book

January 1, 2012

Read through the Bible in 2012 with a community of local fellow-readers: Door Creek and Blackhawk churches here in Madison are encouraging their communities to join in a reading plan called Eat This Book.

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Word in Season
Tagged With: Bible, Book Clubs
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On the Discipline of Seeing

November 12, 2011

Pastor David E. Carlson at Fresh Read tells what painting has taught him about studying the Word.

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Visions & Ventures|| Text & Context
Tagged With: Bible, arts, close reading, watercolor
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The Feel of Books

November 1, 2011

It’s been a long time since we’ve asked questions like, “What good are paper & print for communicating ideas & stories?” And rarely, if ever, have we had reason to think of the feel of books (or for that matter, their smell) as something separate from the books themselves.

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Shelved with: The Reading Life|| The History & Future of Books
Tagged With: beauty, Book Publishing, Books, e-books, embodiment, Julian Barnes, Technology
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So, What Percentage Would Be Appropriate?

September 9, 2011

Cue that music from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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Tomorrow is a Monday

April 3, 2011

A voluptuous torrent…

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Seven Books of Fools & Sacred Folly

April 1, 2011

What makes a fool’s day happy? And what — if anything — makes us wise?

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Shelved with: Reading the Word|| Word in the World|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: film, History, Holidays, Liturgy, Shakespeare, April Fool, Bible, Civility
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First Sunday in Advent

November 28, 2010

Texts from Genesis, Isaiah & Revelation for the beginning of the church year.

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Tagged With: Advent, Church Year, Genesis, Isaiah, Light, Revelation, Hope
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The Kingdom of This World…

November 26, 2010

A little light for Black Friday.

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Tagged With: Christmas, Holidays, Reading the Word
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Bugs Bunny Stole My Cognitive Surplus!

July 27, 2010

Bugs Bunny’s first appearance, July 27th, 1940, was nominated for an academy award.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Mind & Society|| Visions & Ventures|| Visual Arts
Tagged With: Bugs Bunny, Cognitive Surplus, Culture, History, Holidays, Psychology, Television
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Every Title the Story of a Reader

June 9, 2010

The true measure of Donalyn Miller’s students’ reading is shown in the challenges they set themselves, the new patterns & experiences they explored, and the richness of the “you had to be there” moments they shared.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| The Reading Life|| Education|| Literacy

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The Play’s the Thing

May 7, 2010

That we can watch such things for free over the internet via PBS is something for which I am immensely grateful. That this is just one more story we share as a family – that’s priceless.

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Shelved with: Visions & Ventures|| Literature|| Local Life|| The Reading Life
Tagged With: film, Shakespeare, Stories, web
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Boy. Dog.

March 13, 2010

A couple scenes from life with the new puppy.

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Shelved with: Hearts & Minds|| Local Life
Tagged With: Dakota Shepherd, Dog, Parenting, Pets, Puppy
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