REVISION AND READING ALOUD
A better explanation of what I always tell my students!
Revision and Reading Aloud
WHAT TO WRITE DOWN DURING A CLASS LECTURE
Something for the students or auditors among us.
What to Write Down During a Class Lecture
Sierra and Peanut
Christmas Tree
SIXTIES LANGUAGE MADE MASS BORING
Fr. Barron hits the spot on how to see the new Mass translation.
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Sixties Language Made Mass Boring
THE SURPRISINGLY RELAXED LIVES OF ELITE ACHIEVERS
For everyone heading into finals and the end of the semester!
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The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers
A MINOR FRIAR: ADVICE TO THEOLOGY STUDENTS
Equally good for undergraduate majors, graduate students, and those simply interested in theology.
a minor friar: Advice to Theology Students
THE MILQUETOAST RADICALS
David Brooks is so on-point about the fundamental frivolity and illusion of the Occupy Wall Street movement.
The Milquetoast Radicals
REPORTERS, BAPTISTS, ROMNEY & ‘CULTS’
Just can’t recommend GetReligion enough for anyone who wants to make sense of the ways that theological points appear in the news.
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Reporters, Baptists, Romney & ‘cults’
BIG PICTURE AT WORLD YOUTH DAY: 'IT’S THE EVANGELICALS, STUPID!'
John Allen’s take on WYD just past.
Big Picture at World Youth Day: 'It’s the Evangelicals, stupid!'
Happy summer evening
THE COMING CLOUD WARS
If Silicon Valley were hosting a basketball tournament for consumer money and mindshare in the cloud, right now we’d be looking at a Final Four of Google, Apple (plus Twitter), Microsoft (plus Facebook) and Amazon (especially if they can make a compelling tablet).
The Coming Cloud Wars
HOW TO LAND YOUR KID IN THERAPY - THE ATLANTIC
The unfortunate roots and bad results of the helicopter parenting I see so much of at school.
How to Land Your Kid in Therapy - The Atlantic
ISRAELITES IN THE ANGLO-SAXON SEA
Fascinating take on Anglo-Saxon religious poetry, referring to this new volume of translations.
Israelites in the Anglo-Saxon Sea
Avatar of sleep
IT’S NOT ABOUT THE IPAD
“The next time you watch a child use an iPad, think about what your knowledge-based toys looked like when you were their age. The iPad is their slide rule; their typewriter; their Commodore 64. As great as the iPad is, it’s more mind blowing to imagine what will soon deprecate it.”
It’s not about the iPad
FR. BARRON ON THE POPE'S NEW BOOK
Fine description of the dynamic between historical-critical and theological interpretation.
(Via Ignatius Insight.)
Fr. Barron on the Pope's new book
OH: JOYS OF TEACHING
Student: So did I miss anything last class?
Teacher: Nope, I awkwardly stared at the class for 50 minutes. But you should stop in next Wednesday, I’m thinking of covering some stuff then.
THE THEOLOGICAL NECESSITY OF AN HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION OF THE BIBLE
Truer words never spoken: “The moment the “Word became flesh” (Jn. 1:14), history became essential to the task of thinking about and proclaiming the good news of the Bible, and it became essential for very theological reasons.”
The Theological Necessity of an Historical Interpretation of the Bible
EIGHT REASONS TO DRINK COFFEE
Is there nothing this wonder beverage cannot do?
Eight reasons to drink coffee
RESEARCH UPENDS TRADITIONAL THINKING ON STUDY HABITS
“psychologists have discovered that some of the most hallowed advice on study habits is flat wrong.” - Click the link to see what does work; you’ll be surprised.
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Research Upends Traditional Thinking on Study Habits
PONDERING ISLAM AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Pondering Islam and its discontents: “To put all this into a sound-bite, the church’s approach to interreligious dialogue is moving beyond the tea-and-cookies stage, where the point is simply to be polite to one another. Today a more balanced form of engagement is emerging, which promises more substantive, but also more potentially combustible, conversations.”
Another fine column from John Allen, the one writer who makes NCR worth reading.
Pondering Islam and its discontents
Birthday!
FAITH ABIDES: THE INTELLIGENCE OF BENEDICT XVI | FR. JAMES V. SCHALL, S.J.
Fr. Schall reviews Tracey Rowland on BXVI; not to be missed, and good in the wake of the UK visit to bring home Benedict’s theological vision.
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Faith Abides: The Intelligence of Benedict XVI | Fr. James V. Schall, S.J.