The Hero’s Journey: A Teaching Tool
On Tuesday,> Janie talked about the Higgs boson, and the search for what’s under the surface in physics. Today, I’ve invited Nathan Huffstutler, a writing and literature teacher at Maranatha Baptist Bible College, to lead us on a similar search in literature. And I’m so excited to share his thoughts with you guys. The basic…
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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 26
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Author Interview: Carol Swain on Religious Freedom
Dr. Carol Swain is a Vanderbilt law professor with numerous publications–books and articles–to her credit. Before joining Vanderbilt in 1999, Dr. Swain was a tenured associate professor of politics and public policy at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. She has gone on to publish articles in The New York Times,…
Read MoreBible Reading Challenge, Week 25
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American Originals
Those delegates to the Second Continental Convention probably had no idea what they were creating when they signed a certain document back in July of 1776, but the American dreams have come true in unexpected ways ever since. Here’s a roundup of recent picture books on the varieties of American experience: Write On, Mercy! The…
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Podcast 14: Susan Olasky on the Revolutionary War for Kids
Compared to the aristocracy in Europe, these were really modest people and they weren’t perfect people…[but] they really lived motivated by these ideas. If you want to teach your kids that ideas have consequences, and big ideas and grand ideas can result in really wonderful things, I think the Revolutionary period displays that.–Susan Olasky I…
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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 24
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Bible Reading Challenge, Week 23
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Tough Guy: An Interview with Andrew Klavan
Andrew Klavan’s new novel, Crazy Dangerous, is the story of complicated characters in a complex world. Not necessarily the story you’d expect from a Christian author these days, but then not much about Andrew Klavan fits the Christian author stereotype. He grew up in a Jewish home, and his writing–from screenplays to editorials in the…
Read MoreDad-lit: Views and Interviews
Over the past 16 months since launching this website, Janie and I have the opportunity to interview a number of authors and cultural critics who also happen to be dads. And as we eagerly await Andrew Klavan’s interview this Friday, June 15th, we thought we’d make a list of a few of our favorites: Douglas…
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