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What good does reading books do?

Posted on July 11, 2022 by RC

When we learn to read we don’t, in contrast to any number of math skills, grumble, “When will I ever use this is real life?” The inability to read must be a serious handicap for any adult in any mildly … Continue reading →

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Good News, Wise Men; Curating Books, The Splendid & the Vile

Posted on July 6, 2022 by RC

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Inkling of Wonder

Posted on June 30, 2022 by RC

I am a Calvinist. No, better to say that I am a rabid Calvinist. I am the son of a Calvinist. My spiritual grandfather was the Calvinist’s Calvinist, John Gerstner. When I consider my own theological education, I divide it … Continue reading →

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He Gave Us Songs

Posted on May 12, 2022 by RC

He was at least an insightful man, if not a wise man, who first said, “I care not who writes a nation’s laws, as long as I write the nation’s songs.” He understood that what shapes our lives is rather … Continue reading →

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Vigilantism; My Literary DNA, Part 1

Posted on April 19, 2022 by RC

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Addicted to Mediocrity

Posted on March 31, 2022 by RC

There are two raging rivers, culturally speaking, that converge to form the lazy river of mediocrity. First, we do not know the excellent. Goodness, truth, and beauty, as the great triad of virtues, are so much more demanding, not simply … Continue reading →

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Psalm 16; Curating Books, The Feast

Posted on March 16, 2022 by RC

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Psalm 15; Curating Books, The Auschwitz Librarian

Posted on March 2, 2022 by RC

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The Wizard of Ahhs

Posted on February 15, 2022 by RC

My incessant gasps were potent portents to my comparative illiteracy. I can’t contain them given the passion I feel for both wisdom and literary dexterity. The setting was my office as I work on a classical education curriculum project. We … Continue reading →

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What about “gender neutral” Bible translations?

Posted on February 9, 2022 by RC

It is a holdover of our modernist past that we tend to see the work of translation as a science more than an art. We think we punch a word in from language a, and out pops the exact same … Continue reading →

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