Monthly Archives: July 2015

In Harper Lee’s novel Go Set a Watchman there are fewer clear-cut values regarding politics and racial issues than in the subsequent book, To Kill a Mockingbird, at least from the viewpoints of Atticus Finch and his brother Jack. Written … Continue reading →

We were born from dust — stardust — yet we have this astounding capacity to stare into the vast universe from whence we came — and search for a place, a world view, to call our own. Even as you … Continue reading →

We live in an age of “instant” communication through iPhones, computers, texting, Tweeting, and Facebook, among other venues. Some people feel the need to be in constant “communication” with the world through cell phones, which they keep attached to their … Continue reading →

Language is one of the main vehicles for our thoughts, passions, and creativity. As soon you think that this doesn’t matter, and you become lazy and unconcerned about how you communicate verbally, your brain already has a flat tire.   John … Continue reading →

What is there about martyrdom that can at once repel, fascinate, inspire, and terrify us? The lives of the Christian saints are templates in suffering for devout causes, generally in their refusing in one way or another to renounce God … Continue reading →