Did you know that in 1925, the Supreme Court struck down a
state law that would have forced all children to attend public schools? And did
you know that state law was inspired by the Ku Klux Klan, and that the state
was – Oregon? Thomas Kidd has the story.
Things are going from bad to worse at Evergreen College in
Washington State. Now student gangs are roaming the campus with baseball bats
to keep dissenters in line.
June 6 marked the anniversary of D-Day, and Regis Martin
calls it “America’s finest hour.” This past week also marked the anniversary of
the Six-Day War in 1967.
A young woman describes how Oxford University and Peter
Singer (if you’ve never heard of him, you should) drove her to faith. Ayman
Ibrahim discusses what makes killing Christians so appealing (I read the story
for the headline alone). Bryan Bliss cuts down a butterfly garden (milkweed!)
and discovers a meaning of faith.
Good poetry, the art of ferns in photos, the tradition of “beating
the bounds” with sticks in England, and how the Battle of Helm’s Deep in “The
Return of the King” (Lord of the Rings)
was filmed.
Life and Culture
When
the Ku Klux Klan Tried to Shut Down Religious Schools – Thomas Kidd at
Evangelical History.
On the
50th Anniversary of the Six-Day War – Richard Chess at Image
Journal.
Teaching
Humility in an Age of Arrogance – Michael Patrick Lynch at The Chronicle of Higher Education (Hat
Tip: Karen Swallow Prior).
Evergreen,
Ever Crazy – Rod Dreher at American Conservative.
How
to Conquer the “Fear of Missing Out” – John Horvat at The Imaginative Conservative.
Faith
How
Oxford and Peter Singer Drove Me from Atheism to Jesus – Sarah Irving-Stonebraker
at Veritas (Hat Tip: Ed Koehler).
What
Makes Killing Christians Appealing? – Ayman S. Ibrahim at Religious News
Service.
Cutting
Down the Butterfly Garden – Bryan Bliss at Image Journal.
The Tech-Wise
Option – Drew Masterson at The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation ,
& Culture.
Art and Photography
Art of Ferns –
Tim Good at Photography by Tiwago.
Cycling
the Hills Near Akureyri, Iceland – Neil Ennis.
British Stuff
The
Delightful English Tradition of Beating Parish Boundaries with Sticks –
Emily Cleaver at Atlas Obscura.
American Stuff
Omaha
Beach: America’s Finest Hour – Regis Martin at Imaginative Conservative.
Writing
The
Best Things About Being a Writer – Edie Melson at Novel Rocket.
5
Writing Tips – Jeff VanderMeer at Publishers
Weekly.
Poetry
The
Fruit Borne – Rodney Wilder at Altarwork.
Brian Doyle
– D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.
Ghost
Town by the Sea – Brendan MacOdrum at Oran’s Well.
‘Bun
Stop’ (Poetry Film) – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without Paper.
Manchester
poet Tony Walsh: ‘I’ve shed more than a few tears this week’ – Emine Saner
at The Guardian.
The
Ministry of the Frost: How I Learned to Love Poetry – Nate Cameron at The
Millions.
Helm’s Deep: How to
Film an Epic Battle
Photograph: Charles
Dickens reading (1863).
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