Fasting Is A Good Thing. But For Some of Us, It’s Complicated.
For a time when I was a child, I wanted nothing unless it was grilled cheese—without the bread. My loving parents accommodated me by placing a special order when we went to restaurants. Eventually, I became a vegetarian after making the connection between the animals I professed to love and what was on my plate. Read more…
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‘The Office’ Meets Exodus in ‘The Promised Land’
We tend to imagine Moses as someone larger than life. Films like The Ten Commandments, The Prince of Egypt, and Exodus: Gods and Kings focus on the heroic role he played in the epic struggle for the Israelites’ liberation from slavery. They build up to dramatic moments like the parting of the Red Sea and Read more…
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Give Gen-Z Students Some Credit
If you tried to design an ideal setting for learning how to be a good neighbor, it would look a lot like a college campus. As the president of a campus ministry, I might be a little biased in that assessment. But imagine the reality that a brand-new college student faces when they come to Read more…
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School Screens Are Worst for the Least of These
Halfway through fifth grade, the school district issued a laptop to our son. Up to then, his “accelerated learning” classroom had been a pretty good fit. He had a great teacher, dynamic peers, and a pace that challenged and stimulated him. But with the laptop, our son’s learning immediately went off-track. He browsed the internet Read more…
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Taste and See If the Show is Good
Of this year’s Emmy-nominated television shows, my husband and I have watched all of The Crown, a fair bit of Abbott Elementary, and a couple episodes of Only Murders in the Building. We used to have a Hulu subscription, so we watched the first season of The Bear and several seasons of What We Do Read more…
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