Saima Mohsin/CNN Last week I heard Colin Powell speak here at Vanderbilt, and during the Q&A session afterward, he was…
Jessica BrattMarch 24, 2014
It's not insignificant. Created in the late '20s, during the heyday of such memorials, Bryant Baker's Pioneer Woman stands formidably just off…
James C. SchaapMarch 21, 2014
Tom is away this week attending the Steering Committee of the Christian Peacemaker Teams. In his place we introduce the…
Thomas GoodhartMarch 20, 2014
Dr. Christena Cleveland is someone I met on Twitter a year ago and have been following her closely since. She…
Jes KastMarch 19, 2014
This past Sunday in the “Bookends” back page column of the New York Times Book Review, writers Leslie Jamison and…
Scott HoezeeMarch 18, 2014
This week’s Time magazine features its annual “Ideas Issue,” and the cover says “The Case for Mockery.” The story, written…
Jeff MunroeMarch 17, 2014
(Read Part I of the memo here. Read Jessica's original post here. And yes, they're related--Jim is Jessica's uncle.) Hi Jessica:…
James BrattMarch 15, 2014
) Some might suggest that purpose of watching a film is to identify with the characters--to get caught up in…
Jason LiefMarch 13, 2014
My past two blog posts have tried to recast the church’s ministry in terms of worldliness. On the one hand,…
Theresa LatiniMarch 13, 2014
