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  • When Surfing the Real World Beats Surfing the Screen

    When Surfing the Real World Beats Surfing the Screen0

    A few years ago, I took some adolescent grandchildren to the grocery store and was astonished by their wonderment. One had never set foot in a grocery store, and the others were infrequent visitors, to put it mildly. They learned some things that day, like how to pick out the best bunch of bananas and

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  • What Harvard Neglected in 1982

    What Harvard Neglected in 19820

    Going through some old, family documents this week, I stumbled upon a clipping from “Harvard Magazine” that included an address given by Reverend Peter J. Gomes of Harvard University to the school’s graduating seniors in 1982. It’s a heart-felt and lively address, which is reproduced below. What stands out most is that Rev. Gomes recognized that

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  • Is There Any Such Thing as ‘Good Divorce’?

    Is There Any Such Thing as ‘Good Divorce’?1

    If you ever want to get an interesting – sometimes shocking – glimpse of today’s culture, try reading the advice columns that populate many of the nation’s newspapers. A letter to Slate’s “Dear Prudence” column caught my eye today. The letter writer explained that a friend (“Chrissy”) in her late 30s was still dealing with the effects of her parents’ divorce, roughly

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  • The Joy of Being the “Default Parent”

    The Joy of Being the “Default Parent”0

    Author and mother Gina Bontempo noted on X recently that the online uproar over a woman being the “default parent” in her child’s life smacks of the lie that men and women can, and should, be treated as interchangeable. For those unfamiliar with internet lingo, the phenomenon in question is as old as mothers and

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  • An Impossible Life

    An Impossible Life0

    A newborn baby is about 25 billion times bigger at birth than it was at conception. That incredible growth occurs in just nine months. If an adult did that, his head would be among the moon and stars by the end. Nothing should grow that quickly, yet it happens with every baby. Every time. And,

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  • The One Overlooked Place to Find Health, Happiness and Hope

    The One Overlooked Place to Find Health, Happiness and Hope0

    Do you remember that thing called the Covid pandemic a few years ago? Schools closed, businesses closed, churches closed. The nation spent weeks – in some cases months – holed up in their homes, rarely daring to set foot outside except for essentials. It was a nightmare that many of us thought we’d never forget.

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  • Applying ‘Vigor Without Venom’ in Our Interactions With Others

    Applying ‘Vigor Without Venom’ in Our Interactions With Others0

    In mid-December, an article I wrote for another publication on the story behind “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” prompted an email from a reader disputing some of my facts. His source was Wikipedia, which my editors at that publication had told me to avoid. My source, which included a link, clashed with his information. At any

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  • Why ‘The Screwtape Letters’ Feels Uncomfortably Modern

    Why ‘The Screwtape Letters’ Feels Uncomfortably Modern1

    When people first encounter C.S. Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters,” they assume they’re getting a Christian book about temptation or a moral fable written for a specific audience who lived in a particular time. Yet as I’ve begun reading the book for the first time, it’s clear that Lewis is doing something more precise than mere

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  • What Is ‘Secularism’?

    What Is ‘Secularism’?0

    What is fascinating about our times is the dominant cultural narrative is set against religion. By that we mean that our modern secular society depends upon acknowledging that previous cultures were established upon religion and we are not. In other words, we as a society are moving away from something, that something being a religious foundation. Every civilization in

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