In Latimer, Iowa, the elementary school has a little animal farm1. Fifth and sixth grade students are responsible, under the guidance of community volunteers, to raise and care for chickens, goats, and the occasional pig. The students feed the animals, change out bedding, monitor health, and scoop manure. But this …
Recently I listened to Robert P. George, Director of the James Madison Program at Princeton University, on a podcast. As he discussed the importance of teaching students to marshal evidence for their positions and arguments, he observed that historians sometimes label eras the Age of This or That. The medieval …
For 35 years, I’ve puzzled over why the act of confession is not part of the regular order of Sunday worship at my church. To be sure, in the Protestant tradition it is perfectly acceptable for me to confess my mistakes on my own time. There is no doctrine requiring …
Waiting for an event to begin, our group was making small talk. One woman mentioned that recently her niece, while traveling, had broken her ankle. It was set by an unfamiliar orthopedic surgeon in an unfamiliar town. “Six thousand dollars!” the woman exclaimed. “Six thousand dollars to set those bones! …
