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A headline in the Christian Science Monitor caught my attention: More public schools are embracing the Bible. Is it literature, or religion?  The article is by Chelsea Sheasley and Patrik Jonsson. Good. IMHO, study of the Bible should be included as an elective in public schools.  I think the study of the Koran and the…

      A recent article in The Paris Review caught my attention. Cody Delistraty describes his visit to a convent/museum on the Piazza San Marco in Florence, Italy that houses a collection of Fra Angelico frescos: Fra Angelico’s Divine Emotion These paintings, by the proto-Renaissance painter, Fra Angelico, adorn the rooms of what were once monastic…

You have to love this new article at Psychology Today, Empathy and Dream-Sharing: New Research Shows a Connection.  The author is Kelly Bulkeley. Dreams Dreams play an important role in the Bible.  Jacob’s ladder may be the most familiar. The interpretation of the dreams of Pharaoh by Moses may be the most dramatic. The flight…

Irina Dumitrescu has published a captivating article at Longreads.com, entitled Reading Lessons. It is a bit of a long read, but well worth it. She offers a lyrical meditation on deep reading and the way in which her experience of, and appreciation for, reading has evolved over time. I like the article because she touches on…
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