Saturday Good Reads

It was a big week for articles about faith.

Rod Dreher hosts an essay by the head of a classical Christian school about the lessons of Louisiana’s flood – and one of the biggest lessons is that the individual is far less important than the current culture teaches. And two good articles on faith at work, two on Christian intellectuals, A Smithsonian report on the discovery of a first century A.D. synagogue, why we should keep teenagers weird (aka normal), and a moving account of caring for an elderly loved one with dementia.

Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition talks about the dangers of dividing people by generations (Boomers, Gen X, Millennials, Gen Z). The BBC has a story about how the book first appeared (a technology change from scroll to codex). And good poetry, great stained glass windows of the world, and the world’s largest model railway system.

Poetry

You’re Probably Misreading Robert Frost’s Most Famous Poem – David Orr at LitHub.

Threads – Barbara MacKenzie at Signed…BKM.

August – Greg Kuzma at Internet Monk.

Robert Frost’s Poem “The Road Not Taken,” Illustrated – Nathan Gelgud at Signature.

Lisa Hess Hesselgraqve’s ‘Words & Images’ – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.

Writing

The mysterious ancient origins of the book – Keith Houston at BBC (Hat Tip: J of India).

6 Reasons People Stay Secretive About Their Writing Projects – Ann Kroeker.

Faith

Where Did the Footprints Poem Come From? – Justin Taylor at The Gospel Coalition.

Gratitude at Work, Especially for Witness – Jessica Schaeffer at the Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics.

Francis Schaeffer and Christian Intellectualism – Jake Meader at Mere Orthodoxy.

The Watchmen: What became of the Christian intellectuals? – Alan Jacobs at Harper’s.

Battle Fatigue – Diana Trautwein at Just Wondering.

Unearthing the World of Jesus – Ariel Sabar at Smithsonian Magazine.

Lessons of the Great Flood – Rod Dreher at American Conservative.

Keep Teenagers Weird – Samuel James.

Christian Identity in the Workplace – Elliot Milco at First Things Magazine.

British Stuff

Britain’s Church Bell Ringers Don’t Limit Themselves to Sunday Services – New York Times. (Hat Tip: J Of India).

Life and Culture

Forget Life Plans. Pull Life Strings – Jon Mertz at Thin Difference.

3 Dangers of Diving People by Generations – Trevin Wax at The Gospel Coalition.

Art and Photography

The 10 greatest stained-glass windows in the world – Jason Farago at BBC.

In Focus – Tim Good at Pixels.

Miniatur Wunderland – the World’s Largest Model Railway System

Painting: Miss Auras, The Red Book – oil on canvas by Sir John Lavery (1892).