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Link: Why Shakespeare always says something new – Telegraph
What Shakespeare always demands, though, is our sympathy, because, to put it simply, he writes about people like us. Offhand, I can think of only one character he wrote – Iago in Othello – that slips through the safety-net of his concern. Shakespeare might not agree with Lear’s sweeping and anarchic assertion that “none does…
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Christians must deal justly with abuse
I don’t like the narrative that demands we live our lives in fear. Our 24/7 news cycle promotes a creeping terror that turns parenting into jail keeping and long nights of anxious terror about the “unknown unknown” about to destroy our families. But churches can be very resistant to implementing the kinds of “best practices”…
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A dark tale with Southern roots
This will seem like a very strange followup to yesterday’s post about Christianity changing its response to abuse, but hold on till the end and I think you’ll see the connection. South Carolina has a surprisingly robust music scene, especially in Columbia and Charleston. (The Upstate really needs to catch up. …. and develop more…
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Sometimes questions are more important than answers
A friend on Facebook wrote a few months ago, “Faith is not the opposite of Doubt. Hope is.” I have pretty strong opinions about the way I see Christians reacting to doubt. Generally, I think we suck at it. Certainty lures us with a promise of safety and emotional stability. Doubt wears a DANGER sign,…
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God for Thirtysomethings
This is Holy Week, the apex of the Christian calendar. (Or it should be. The Christmas capitalist gift binge seems to swamp Easter — it’s hard to make a bunny and fake grass and plastic eggs sexier than buying stuff. We’re American after all.) I don’t tend to put my Christianity up on a pole…
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