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Writing for the Public Good in a Democracy in Crisis
Walls crumble, words endure
INTERVIEW: Christopher Shannon on Irish Music in Rochester
When history gets personal
Victoria Amelina’s final book: Looking at Women, Looking at War
The poet who became a war crimes investigator.
The academic journal Ohio History has ceased publication
It began in 1887.
Sing Tenderly to the Winter Woods
When ideas and dreams beckon
Glorious ruins: on fragility of magazines and other institutions
If little magazines are a public good, how do we ensure their continued existence?
Blessing of Unicorns: Looking back, part I
Looking back with gratitude
A Symposium on Love
Love’s complexities endure—and love does, too
ICE raids on churches–my thoughts in Christianity Today
Regardless of your stance on immigration, ICE arrests at churches are an act of disrespect that we should oppose.
Does listening to audio books count as “reading”? A roundup of views
It’s complicated.
Interview: Anne Perez on Understanding Zionism
“Zionism has never been and is not one thing.”
Interview: Thomas S. Kidd on ‘Christian History: From the Reformation to the Present’
“I wanted to center the book on the history of Christianity as believed and lived by everyday pastors, Christians, and churches.”
Interview: Jesse Covington, Bryan T. McGraw, and Micah Watson on Hopeful Realism
Micah Watson: “we’re convinced God calls us to love our neighbors and that can–and at times should–include loving our neighbors through politics.”
Current winter books week is here!
All books, all week.
Blessing of Unicorns: the antisocial century, the airport piano tuner, the only Jewish resident in Oświęcim, and more
Rounding up the antisocial century, the airport piano tuner, the only Jewish resident in Oświęcim, Reading Genesis, and family and parenting.
Christians Reading Classics is coming this fall–and a brief Arena break this week
How might Christians read Greco-Roman literature as Christians?
Blessing of Unicorns: Elon’s salute, childlessness, free press, hopeful realism, Odesa, opera, and CA fires
A Blessing of Unicorns upon your day!
Kids at the inauguration and in other public spaces
Including kids and families in public events is good.
Today is 52nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade: my reflections in Mere Orthodoxy
To hate the vulnerable—and wish their destruction—has become so normalized in our society as to go without notice.