Years ago, when I was writing executive speeches, I would get the correspondence to the CEO that no one was quite sure what to do with. Like the letters from the members of an eighth-grade class in San Francisco protesting something the company might or might not have done. Reading the letters, which had been sent by the teacher in a batch in one large envelope, I could see it was an assignment from an English class. The letters were handwritten, most of them in block print with spelling often so bad that you couldn’t understand the words. I thought back to my own eight-grade English class, where we were learning how to diagram sentences, reading The Old Man and the Sea and The Great Gatsby, and debating literary topics. At Athwart Magazine, Mark Bauerlein remembers what it was like before the teaching of English and literature became politicized.
Tim Challies, a widely popular writer on Reformed Christianity, lives and works in Toronto. He’s always worth reading. He has kept his children in public schools; the two oldest graduated from the public school system. His youngest, a daughter, is beginning her junior year in high school. Suddenly, Tim and his wife discovered they were now homeschoolers, and it wasn’t their decision.
Israeli and American archaeologists working near the sea of Galilee were excavating a fourth-century basilica, and discovered an inscription. The basilica, built during the reign of Constantine, the first Christian emperor of Rome, may have been constructed over the home of the Apostles Peter and Andrew.
I’d also direct your attention to this week’s highlighted video, not only for the singer’s amazing voice but also for how the video transforms the song.
More Good Reads
Poetry
On Rainy Nights – Janice Canerdy at Society of Classical Poets.
Found – poem by Frederick Buechner at Kingdom Poets (D.S. Martin).
Life and Culture
David McCullough, America’s Storyteller – Hans Zeiger at Real Clear History.
August 22, 1969: The Beatles Final Photo Shoot – Maria Popova at The Marginalian.
Just Us, Again: A Day in the Life of the Quiet House – David Murray at Writing Boots.
Saturday Night Lights – Jake Meador at Mere Orthodoxy.
Reality’s Bite: Responding to the Reality Privilege Argument – Joshua Pauling at Front Porch Republic.
Faith
Do Not Be Ashamed (a poem by Wendell Berry) – Andrew Wilson at Think Theology.
Adopt a Different Platform Growth Strategy – Katie Blackburn at The Gospel Coalition.
Ukraine
Ukrainian Clergy Say Russian Occupiers Target Them with Threats, Violence – Ian Lovett at Wall Street Journal.
Church in the Trenches: 6 Months of Wartime Ministry in Ukraine – Jamie Dean at The Gospel Coalition.
Ukraine is the first streaming service war – Matt Purple at The Spectator.
Writing and Literature
The Ironies and Absurdities of Vladimir Sorokin – Arya Roshanian at Gawker.
A cautionary tale: The lot of the writer today is one of insecurity, wounded pride and dwindling returns – The Secret Author at The Spectator.
How Many Errorrs Are in This Essay? – Ed Simon at The Millions.
I Don’t Think You Should Publish Your Book on Substack – Samuel D. James at Digital Liturgies.
On Writing a Novel Set During WWII-Era France to Honor Family History – Mark Pryor at CrimeReads.
‘Empty Chairs at Empty Tables’ from ‘Les Miserables’ – Cormac Thompson
Painting: A Woman Reading a Newspaper, oil on canvas (1891) by Norman Garstin (1847-1926).
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