redemption 3
Severe Mercies and Magnanimous Despair
If students grew up moving from city to city, or if they hail from a soulless suburb, or if they are inevitably complicit in economic and social systems they deplore,…
Learning to Live a Second Life in Two Stories by John Berger and Wendell Berry
There are second chances for some of us, but even second chances bring new losses. For me, it is the grace and hope of these stories and others like them…
Crunchy Pope, Part 1: Body, Earth and Cosmos
Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. Pope Benedict has recently gained a bit of credit with world media for emphasizing the urgency of addressing the environmental devastation we have wrought. This (combined with…
