Since 2015, Jeff McDonald has been organizing the annual Presbyterian Scholars Conference. In this interview, he answers questions about this project.
The Arena
Interview: Nadya Williams on her new book, Mothers, Children, and the Body Politic
What difference does the imago Dei make for how we think about mothers and children?
My latest for Christianity Today: What are parents for?
A theological response to parenting wars.
The hospitality of great books and why we need Fall Books Week
There is something wondrous about books that people have known since the earliest days of writing. Books can heal weary souls.
Blessing of Unicorns: safety, motherhood, Halloween poetry, loving one’s hometown, and a brief break
A few Unicorns for you a day or two early, because the Williamses are at a conference, so this blog will take a brief break until Monday
Daniel K. Williams at The Raised Hand: interview on what college students need to learn
Today at The Raised Hand, you can listen to Kathryn Wagner’s interview with my favorite American historian about a topic near and dear to his heart–and it is the central question for this year at The Raised Hand: what does […]
From 93 to 1:27
Some of us see the 2024 election as another Flight 93 election. I see it as a Genesis 1:27.
Looking for optimism
Brief reflections on this weekend’s Front Porch Republic conference.
Shakespeare is “mid:” and other arguments in favor of education
Skepticism about books or culture is hardly new or different or exciting. Anti-intellectualism is a grand American tradition.
Wendell Berry writes “Against Killing Children” in The Christian Century
In the October issue of The Christian Century, Wendell Berry writes powerfully about school shootings and the destruction of children and childhood.
Blessing of Unicorns: Helene, hope, Lewis and Tolkien get graphic, faith and higher education, and conferences
Another Blessing of Unicorns upon your day—reads that made me stop, reflect, weep, or rejoice this week.
New BBC documentary: “We Will Dance Again” about Hamas attack on Supernova festival last year
As we learn more about the attacks, the atrocities appear only worse.
Interview: Michael Soffer on Our Nazi: An American Suburb’s Encounter with Evil
“I was teaching Holocaust Studies in a classroom that a former Nazi camp guard used to clean, and in a building that had rallied to his defense.”
Jimmy Carter’s Evangelical Faith
Today Jimmy Carter became the first former US president to reach his 100th birthday. As a former president, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international human rights advocate, and author of dozens of books, Carter is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished […]
Donald Trump as Rex Mottram
A buffoonish literary character with many vices is entertaining. But not so in real life.
Literally peevish
I am literally typing this. I do not literally have steam blowing out of my ears.
Something out of nothing? Not so fast.
One way that we hide hard realities is by pretending that nearly everything can be turned into or made from something else.
Blessing of Unicorns: What’s in a name, Christmas in September, poetry, mom writers, the Midwest, and more!
Another week, another fabulous herd!
Will we accept the results of this presidential election?
Will Americans accept the results of this election?
George Orwell on “Politics and the English Language”
Why warped political language matters.