Creatively Advancing into Novelty
Don’t talk to me about spirit. Without me, you’re just a couple of hippies on welfare. I’m the one who gives you credibility, all right? You’re ready, Gene? Get snapping. –Sister Ingalls The above quote comes from season 2 of the great Netflix show Orange Is the New Black. The episode is titled “Take a…
We have never preached violence, except the violence of love, which left Christ nailed to a cross, the violence that we must each do to ourselves to overcome our selfishness and such cruel inequalities among us. The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword, the violence of hatred. It is the violence…
May God bless you with discomfort At easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships So that you may live deep within your heart May God bless you with anger At injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, So that you may work for justice, freedom and peace. May God bless you with tears To shed for those…
The classification of the European era between the decline of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance as the “Dark Ages” is now rejected by most modern historians.During the early Middle Ages, significant literary and educational advances (especially during the period known as the Carolingian Renaissance) were made, including the foundations of the modern university, as…