On God and Education
It is no secret that higher education is in crisis. Costs are outpacing
inflation by a wide margin. More students than ever question the value of their
studies. And the sheer amount of
Trees Painted White
after John Sloan’s “The Picnic Grounds”
When asked, the painter said it was a device
to enable visitors to stroll about at night.
His picnickers flirt—three women circling a man—
their
Editing Suburbia
“This is, mind you, suburbia.”—Annie Dillard, “Living Like Weasels”
I do a lot of walking in the suburbs of Katy, Texas, where I live, just west of
Houston. I walk to see
Tom Waits’ Carnivalesque
Editor’s Note: This is an edited version of a paper that was originally
presented as part of Calvin College’s Festival of Faith and Music
[http://calvin.edu/go/ffm]. This biennial
Noteworthy: Getting Someone to Care
“We have lost our ability to mourn,” artist Doris Salcedo
[http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/doris-salcedo-2695] said in The New York
Times.
[http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/arts/design/