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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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Tagged With: Shakespeare, April Fool, Bible, Civility, film, History, Holidays, Liturgy
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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: Isaiah, Light, Revelation, Hope, Advent, Church Year, Genesis
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The Kingdom of This World…

November 26, 2010

A little light for Black Friday.

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On Manifestoes

May 24, 2008

So here are some manifestos of the present day on books, education, faith, and civic life. Though their weight for good or ill, for much or little, is as yet unknown, these are some of the words that will shepherd us into our shared future.

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Shelved with: Mind & Society|| The Reading Life|| Reading the Word|| Education|| Civic Life|| Community & Time|| Hearts & Minds
Tagged With: Faith, Sara Lloyd, History, Writing, Aristotle, Homeschooling, Barack Obama, John Taylor Gatto, Book Publishing, Manifesto, Civil Rights, Michael Pollan, Classics, Politics, Clay Shirkey, Race, Danielle Allen, Ralph Ellison, Democracy, Religion, Education, Richard Harwood
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Reading the Foundations of Religious Freedom

December 28, 2007

Kenneth Jackson, writing in the New York Times, commemorates the 350th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance, written in 1657 by Edward Hart and his fellow Flushing, New York, citizens to protest the public torture of a Quaker preacher and the fining and imprisonment of non-Quakers who allowed them to meet in their homes. Jackson notes […]

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