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iGen: Reaping what we sow
Since I didn’t know what iGen was, the subtitle is what attracted me: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy — and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood (and…
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Two Books Worth Reading
It’s been quite awhile since I posted anything here, but this morning I find myself with some free time at the creative, wakeful time of day. Usually, I’m working; I have an online…
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World Without Mind
This book is disturbing. All of us know that our privacy has eroded in the internet era. All of us know that self-driving cars are the wave of the future. All of us…
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The Benedict Option
It’s taken me quite awhile to read this book — over a month. This is partly because it got off to a slow start. If I were to reread it, I’d start with…
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What are the humanities worth?
From time to time I read articles about college and jobs. As my children are nearing college age, I always pay attention. For instance, this article in the Washington Post makes the point…
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Audiobooks, Physical Books, and David vs. Goliath
Recently, reading Malcolm Gladwell’s David and Goliath, I found myself coming to terms with my audiobook angst in a new way. Audiobooks are a phenomenon woven into our family life since my children’s…
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Reading Musings
Out of Sorts is my first read by blogger Sarah Bessey. The book details her efforts to reconcile the different parts of her experiences with church. Though she does not go into detail…
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Deconstructing Penguins
I learned about Deconstructing Penguins: Parents, Kids, and the Bond of Reading in the blogosphere, where some homeschoolers have used it to great benefit as a springboard for literary study. It offers the…
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Norse Mythology
I was curious about Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology partly because of a recent reminder that C.S. Lewis was fascinated with “Northernness.” A shared interest in Norse mythology was one of the common bonds…
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What Came from the Stars
This was an experiment for Gary D. Schmidt: a foray into sci fi. The story concerns Tommy Pepper, his father (an artist), and his sister Patty (a first grader who hasn’t spoken a…