Elizabeth Janet Gray’s “Adam of the Road”: Fine Historical Fiction with Much Medieval Minstrelry
When you’re reading a good book, your impulse is to tell a friend. In the case of “Adam of the Road,” I […]
Does Being “Childlike” Mean Getting in Touch with Your Inner Child?
At Crisis Magazine, I revisited the topic that got this blog off the ground: the difference between being childlike and childish. Our […]
Sheldon Vanauken’s “A Severe Mercy” and Our “Appetite for Eternity”
So great is our longing for experience beyond the ordinary crushing tide of mortal time that suburban moms are now resorting to […]
Summer and Keeping the Big Picture in Mind
It’s easy to wax poetic about summer: endless open time, seemingly endless hours of evening light. The reality can involve more children […]
The interminable rerun or the ultimate experience
Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always […]