Culture • Popular Culture Requiescat in Pace Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read St. Augustine and Phillip Seymour Hoffman. The one is someone we mostly know about who lived a long time ago, the other is someone we all know just died from... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Love in the Ruins Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Love in the ruins—and to be honest, we don’t get better than that. Meg and I saw the film “Her” this weekend, and it’s not one that I could say,... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Charlie Peacock and His Muses Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Even Charlie Peacock needs a muse, the artist’s artist that he is. But what is it, a muse? How is it different than that other strangely similar word, amuse? The... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture The Christmas Stories of Katherine Paterson Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read When was the last time you heard a really good story? They are harder to find than we might imagine. I love stories of all sorts. Listening to a friend... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Honest Questions, Honest Answers Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read Meaning. Purpose. Responsibility. Accountability. God. Justice. Society, Ethics, Culture. God. For years I have been listening closely to Vaclav Havel, now dead, but for the last decades of the 20th-century... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture On Kristin Lavransdatter, Again Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “It’s so true!” Last night I was sitting in a circle of friends, some former students, some colleagues, talking about life and the world. And one is both, Kate Harris,... Continue Reading
