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7 Habits of a Highly Effective Philosopher
Life lessons from the Christian apologist William Lane Craig.
Coloring is Praying Thrice
I have trouble getting to sleep for a variety of reasons. Last night I’d exhausted all my options: the hot bath, the candle, the sex, the physician-prescribed benzos; this is where I usually pick up a book (either a Gothic or a Lives of the Saints) and read it out. But that wasn’t even working…
Playing Through the Pain
Shelves don’t stay empty for long. The front of a nursing station is meant to be a wide-open vista where patients can perch (if need be) to ask a question, or family members can ask where they can find a bathroom. These horizontal planes, like everything else, soon become cluttered with things. Handknitted hats for…
Some Other Empire State Rejectees
Controversy has erupted over the Empire State Building’s refusal to specially illuminate in honor of the centennial of Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa’s birth. No explanation was given. Consider some of the other candidates deemed worthy of the big light show: Caribbean Tourism Development Company; the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China;…
Are Saints Sane?
Fordham University’s Center on Religion and Culture’s recent forum Religion & Madness: Spirituality & Pathology used the medium of theater to explore the connection between spirituality and mental illness. As a woman who tends to get demonized by select male Christian leaders for daring to speak my mind, I identified with the scene they presented…
