Often, we want quick fixes. We live in the tyranny of the present moment, and it’s hard for us to take a long-term view of history and our own moment within it. Most things take time—especially good things, like restorations and healing and growth. But we become impatient. We want results now. We lose hope.
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September’s crisp air once carried the promise of new beginnings for students. Fresh notebooks, sharpened pencils, and the excitement of reuniting with friends painted an idyllic back-to-school season. But for an increasing number of students and families, this annual rite of passage now brings a complex mix of emotions: anticipation tinged with anxiety, hope shadowed
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Shakespeare’s plays were considered popular entertainment when he first wrote and staged them in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Often today, the name Shakespeare carries certain high-brow or elitist connotations, but in his own time, Shakespeare wrote for everyone, from the aristocrats of Elizabeth’s court to the tradesmen who took an afternoon off
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The New Conference of the Old German Baptist Brethren, a conservative church denomination with 37 congregations nationwide, is struggling to retain its congregants. Young members, especially, are questioning denominational standards, sometimes moving away from their childhood community. The church’s intensely conservative principles seem to play a strong part in driving younger members away. Though church
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In his insightful essay “We Misunderstood the Nazis” in The Free Press, Matti Friedman argues that the way we learn about the Holocaust has done little to prevent its reoccurrence. Thanks to billion-dollar investments in museums, documentaries, and school curricula, Westerners know all about the “logistics” of National Socialism: Zyklon B, death marches, cruel torture.
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