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Technology needs wisdom

January 12, 2015by René Breuel 1 Comment

Leon Wieseltier has just written quite an interesting piece for the New York Times. (Just between you and me: it come with juicy gossi… well, context too, for it echoes […]

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On Anything and Everything

A tale of murder and woe…or something

March 6, 2014by Ben 12 Comments

I’d like to take this time to draw all of your attention to a tragedy that happens every day right before our eyes: verbicide, “the murder of a word.”[1] Each […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Does Art Speak?

January 20, 2014by René Breuel 3 Comments

Is a postscript to Lolita, a defensive Vladimir Nabokov responds to criticisms leveled at his novel about a man who seduces a 12-year-old girl. He distinguishes his novel from pornographic literature. He […]

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On Anything and Everything

A Colorful Reflection

May 16, 2013by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes Leave a comment

Recently, I’ve spent quite a bit of time with Charles Dickens’s least-read work: The Life of Our Lord. It is a slim volume that re-tells the story of Jesus, drawing […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Jesus According to Charles Dickens

April 11, 2013by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes 1 Comment

Between 1846 and 1849 Charles Dickens wrote The Life of Our Lord, a simplified version of Jesus’ life for his children, who ranged in age from newborn to 11 years-old […]

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The Heart of Faith

A stroll across the sky

January 3, 2013by Guests Leave a comment

Every now and then I spend an afternoon in the bookstore, savoring pages and dreaming adventurous stories about far-away characters. Recently I came across an unusual book by the French […]

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Spirituality for the Rest of Us

Gospels: Myths or Biographies?

October 4, 2012by René Breuel Leave a comment

To continue the discussion of last Monday’s post: Who says the biblical gospels portray things as they really happened? If the Gospels were written from around 30 to 60 years […]

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Tough Questions

An Atheist’s Guide to Historical Reconstruction

October 1, 2012by René Breuel 1 Comment

Jesus was a nationalist wandering preacher. He  did not claim to be divine in any way. Christianity was created actually by the apostle Paul, who devised an universal religion to […]

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Tough Questions

Distance, Repentance and Embrace

May 4, 2012by Dr. Jessica Ann Hughes Leave a comment

Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations details the maturation of Pip, a young man specially selected by an unknown benefactor to become a “gentleman.”  It is easy to read the tale as […]

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Bar Conversations and Cheap Advice

Hopeful Dissatisfaction

October 14, 2011by Hélder Favarin Leave a comment

The Swedish poet Tomas Tranströmer has recently been elected the recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Literature. He was born in Stockholm in 1931 and published his first collection […]

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