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
Culture • Popular Culture Good Stories and Good Societies Dr. Steven Garber | 2 min read “Come and eat.” Perhaps the three most beautiful words imaginable, at least as the final moment in the wonderfully-imagined film, “The Locked Door” by director Zhipang Zhao. Released this year... Continue Reading
Culture • Popular Culture Fathers of the Bride, and Peter Berger too Dr. Steven Garber | 3 min read Bride that she will be, father that I am, Eden and I spent two evenings this week watching “Father of the Bride.” With popcorn between us, we spent several hours... Continue Reading
