Check out Molly Worthen’s fascinating piece on Robert Barron, the bishop of Winona-Rochester (MN) and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries. Here is a taste: Now is an unlikely time for a Catholic ministry to grow. Fewer and fewer […]
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Should universities be more like monasteries?
Here is a taste of Molly Worthen’s piece at The New York Times: Colleges should offer a radically low-tech first-year program for students who want to apply: a secular monastery within the modern university, with a curated set of courses […]
Historian Molly Worthen talks with The Gospel Coalition about her conversion to evangelical Christianity
I love every minute of this interview. Here is Collin Hanson of The Gospel Coalition interviewing University of North Carolina historian Molly Worthen: Some highlights: What a beautiful and joyful conversation.
Do you believe in miracles?
No, this is not an Olympic hockey post. Check out Molly Worthen‘s piece at The New York Times, “How Would You Prove That God Performed a Miracle.” The essay features Indiana University professors Josh Brown (neuroscience) and Candy Gunther Brown […]
What I learned this weekend
It was good to get back to conferences this weekend. I forgot how much there is to learn through attending conferences and how much face-to-face engagement is so much more effective at stimulating thinking than ZOOM events. On Thursday I […]