Like the best religious poetry, Dylan’s resists easy interpretation and remains open to endless meditation. Dylan’s overtly political songs ‘Hurricane’, ‘Political World’ and love songs ‘Idiot Wind’, ‘Tangled up in Blue’ have often been challenging. It’s the same with his religious output. By Paul Mitchell
Archaeological, Prophetic, and Manuscript Evidences The Bible has been abused, criticized and scorned more than any other book in history. Many attack it Are there reasons why intelligent, educated persons continue to adhere to biblical inspiration? Is there a rational basis for such a belief? I provide many such (and varied) reasons.
by Hope Jahren
Readers of the
Christian Century are unlikely to dismiss climate change worries as socialist propaganda. But we all have neighbors who are unconvinced. “Go ahead and drive a Prius, eat only veggies, stop using straws, and install solar panels,” they say, “if it makes you feel good. But weather changes all the time, and scientists don’t agree on why. Coal plants are way cleaner than they used to be, anyway. Can I give you a lift to the corner store in my Hummer?”
If you’re looking for a book to recommend during the drive, Hope Jahren’s is a good choice. She invites readers on a breezy but well-documented tour of the major systems, both natural and cultural, that are in grave danger because of climate change. Her short book, heavy on facts and light on preaching, reviews what we know, and what we don’t know yet, about the challenges of the Anthropocene era (although she never uses that term). She focuses on the culture of more, more, more which
Moms enrich families by not playing favorites among their offspring. Each child has different strengths and weaknesses. Caring moms nurture their children, treating them like key ingredients in a mixed green salad. Diversity within families acts like seasoning in tasty salads.
Like mothers who accept differences among their children, some Americans compare our nation’s racial composition to a mixed green salad, which features colorful varieties of lettuce, fruits and vegetables.
Others find distasteful the variety of immigrants entering the U.S. The salad metaphor applies only if mostly light-skinned immigrants arrive on our shores, say critics whose taste buds savor immigration quotas looking like “mostly light green lettuce salad.”
Chris Boldt, a local poet and Texas resident for the past 40 years, will present her latest book of poems âFor Every Tatterâ at the next Books for Lunch gathering Wednesday.
The event will be from noon to 1 p.m. in the McLane Room on the third floor of the Temple Public Library, 100 W. Adams Ave.
Boldtâs poetry has appeared in Christian Century, Windhoven and the Texas Poetry Calendar. Her latest book deals with the issues of aging from childhood to maturity to old age, according to a news release.
All attendees should wear a mask at the presentation and social distancing will be practiced.