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Want a Great Book Club? Start One! Here's How.
Interior of a London Coffee-house. Anonymous. c. 1650-1750 Readers, we have a guest post this week and will adjust our upcoming reading schedule accordingly. First, I thought this essay on hosting a book club was a perfect follow-up to my post last week about living more art-full-y. Second, I accepted a last-minute writing assignment last week with a quick turnaround time. So, this gives me a little bit more breathing room before we jump into our readings of Jonathan Swift.
Why Are the Classics Necessary?
Our need for the classics is intense. Yet any defense of them in our time must come from a sense of their absolute necessity—not from a desire to inculcate “cultural literacy,” or to keep alive a pastime for an elite, but to preserve the full range of human sensibility. What is needed is to recapture their spirit of high nobility and magnanimity, of order and excellence, but to recapture that spirit in a framework of democracy engendered by a Biblical culture of radical openness.
What Is Jerusalem’s Claim on Us?
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What has the Greek quest for excellence and order and beauty to do with the Hebrew quest for the living God? This is the question the Church Fathers asked themselves, a query that we still must raise from time to time. And in our day in particular, it is the question that Christian educators in the West should make their primary concern.
"I'll Take My Stand" as Southern Epic ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Ever since the first stir they created in the early 1930s the Southern Agrarians have been difficult to assess. How serious, politically and economically, were they in what they advocated? How much agreement was there among them? The four collected above papers point up and even accentuate their divergence, investigating wide-ranging and, at least on the surface, incommensurate aspects of their thought.
"I'll Take My Stand" as Southern Epic ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Ever since the first stir they created in the early 1930s the Southern Agrarians have been difficult to assess. How serious, politically and economically, were they in what they advocated? How much agreement was there among them? The four collected above papers point up and even accentuate their divergence, investigating wide-ranging and, at least on the surface, incommensurate aspects of their thought.
Southern Epic ~ The Imaginative Conservative
Ever since the first stir they created in the early 1930s the Southern Agrarians have been difficult to assess. How serious, politically and economically, were they in what they advocated? How much agreement was there among them? The four collected above papers point up and even accentuate their divergence, investigating wide-ranging and, at least on the surface, incommensurate aspects of their thought.
Why Are the Classics Necessary?
In Kagemusha, the Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa portrays a beggar called upon to impersonate a powerful warlord. About to be put to death for thievery, this lowly figure is snatched from execution by royal officers who detect in him an uncanny physical resemblance to their chief. They hide him in the palace to understudy the great man and to master the ways of the court.
Trevett Column: Next potluck July 17
Next up is the July potluck taking place on July 17 at the new time of 5:30 p.m. Anne is organizing the hosts for the evening. Please plan on bringing an appetizer, main or side dish or dessert to share along with your beverage of choice. As always, coffee and water are available. There will be a lobster talk by Brian and Bill after dinner. About 50 folks attended the June potluck; they were so excited to get a preview of items that would be available at the yard sale.
Trevett Column: Next potluck June 19
An exciting night is scheduled for June 19 beginning at 5:30 at the BICA hall. Please note the new starting time. This potluck will be yard sale preview night. Come see an incredible display of items that will be available for the June 29 sale. You will be tempted to buy right then but there are no pre-sales. Paul, Harry, Robert, Robin, Jo and Louise will be hosting and would like you to bring an appetizer, main or side dish or dessert to share. And don’t forget your beverage of choice.
Omni-channel Tokenization Keeps PCI Secure
Jessica Rosa - Fiserv, Louise Cowan - River Island Presentation Jessica Rosa of Fiserv and Louise Cowan of River Island discuss consumer PCI data, and the obligation of merchants to defend and protect this valuable resource. Because it allows fraudsters and cybercriminals to steal identifies, purchase goods, and even take out loans, PCI data is often sold on the dark web.
What Is Jerusalem's Claim on Us?
What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What has the Greek quest for excellence and order and beauty to do with the Hebrew quest for the living God? This is the question the Church Fathers asked themselves, a query that we still must raise from time to time. And in our day in particular, it is the question that Christian educators in the West should make their primary concern.
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