“Who’s gonna watch the football game this afternoon?” Chris “Shep” Shepherd asked a crowded sanctuary. A loud cheer erupted. “Now, who’s excited about this sermon?” he asked, which brought forth a more reluctant, and quieter, response. “You should be ashamed of yourself,” he said. “This is God’s house!” This introduction and the sermon following caught...
Month: November 2012
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Meth plagues Southwest Michigan
You can do anything you set your mind to; it’s simply a concept of mind over matter. But what happens when the matter distorts the mind? What if the matter controls the person— keeping him active and awake for days, hallucinating while tearing at his own skin, and leaving him in a seemingly helpless depression?...
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Q&A: Anthony Esolen
Anthony Esolen teaches Renaissance English Literature and classes in Western Civilization at Providence College in Rhode Island. He is a senior editor for Touchstone and writes regularly for First Things, Catholic World Report, and Magnificat. His most recent books include “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child” and “The Politically Incorrect Guide to...
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Tower Players bring ‘Medea’ to life
The lights shift, casting a warm glow on the birch trees and log houses of Fort Michilimackinac. A chorus of Ojibwe and French settler women listen attentively to the keening song of a woman betrayed. The year is 1680. The woman is Medea. And the setting is unusual for Euripides’s play, written in the 5th...
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Reaching a community
wering bookshelves, a group of costumed men, women, and children gather for some Halloween socializing and karaoke. Two teenage girls sing, “Jeremiah was a Bull Frog,” with heart, if not pitch. An old upright piano stands against the wall, slightly dusty and frequently used. Atop the piano, beautiful landscapes hand-painted by a local artist add...