I share some thoughts on this question at Front Porch Republic, following my attending a conference with Wendell Berry this past weekend.
Texting: Why I Resolve to Avoid It
Corona Quarantine: A New Chance to be a Father
“Let me live here ever; So rare a wonder’d father and a wise Makes this place Paradise.” Shakespeare, The Tempest *Video below: 4 Tips for Men at Home* Our current situation is unprecedented in the last century, perhaps more, in several ways. It is an utterly unique...
Overcoming Fear
“Courage: in all circumstances the ability to judge rightly about the nature and extent of dangers.” “For instance, when Homer makes Odysseus strike himself on the chest, and ‘call his heart to order,’ saying: ‘Prudence my heart, you have put up with fouler than...
Corona Crisis: A Life Opportunity
“It was considered unpatriotic to hoard food.” It really struck me when my mother shared this memory from when she was a child during World War II. The war was an occasion for real soul-searching. Who am I, anyway? How is my life intertwined with that of others? How...
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