A recent study on the cognitive abilities and development of 16-months-old children has me wondering about the role of play in developing—and perhaps just as
When Beyoncé dropped her surprise album on December 13th, without any public relations preparation, her fans went wild. I was one of those fans. It was
Taking a cue from Jeff Munroe’s post yesterday about Oscar nominations, in this posting I will muse briefly on one of this year’s Oscar contenders:
The Oscar nominations are out (or are they “in”?), and reading them leads me to believe I have officially become a fossil. If this were
Last week (in “Get Out Much?” January 11) Debra Rienstra asked me to weigh in on the question of what might be the appropriate image
At the beginning of every Biblical Foundations course—a college course for college freshman—I spend the first week or so talking about the importance of mythology.
Guest blogging for Theresa Latini today is Nkiru Okafor. Sr. M. Nkiruka C. Okafor IHM is a member of the Religious Institute of the Sisters
Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Psalm 37:3 The polar vortex last week had me looking at
Small-town church life in the upper Midwest means that we do funerals—quite a few. Iowa, for instance, is among the most elderly states in the
