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via donmilleris.com Totally true. (From the author of Blue Like Jazz)

A hand-carved reconstruction of an Early Christian cross has been unveiled in the Scottish village of Aberlady to mark the medieval pilgrimage route used by the monks of Iona and Lindisfarne. The pilgrimage route of ‘St Aidan’s Way’ – marks the culmination of an extensive and ambitious heritage project begun…

Edith Floyd is the real deal. With little in the way of funding or organizational infrastructure, she runs Growing Joy Community Garden on the northeast side of Detroit. Not many folks bother to venture out to her neighborhood, but Edith has been inspiring me for years. I caught up with…

The Bitter Waters of Medicine Creek: A Tragic Clash Between White and Native America by Richard Kluger My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is an extremely well researched, thorough, and carefull book. It explores the history of white settlement in the Puget Sound (Seattle, WA) area, through the story…

Peterson worries that in our day spirituality is too abstract. The term should call to mind things grounded—God in the details of grimy, gritty daily lives. “It’s just ordinary stuff,” Peterson writes. God’s work “is all being worked out in and under the conditions of our humanity: at picnics and…

St. NicholasArtist: Susan Seals All rights reservedExclusive print in our shop The true story of Santa Claus begins with Nicholas, who was born during the third century in the village of Patara. At the time the area was Greek and is now on the southern coast of Turkey. His wealthy…

I just found out about a fantastic new childrens’ book, Clean Water for Elirose.  It’s an engaging story about a young lady who learns that not all kids can access and drink clean water, so she decides to to something about it.  The book highlights a worldwide problem, but it…

As I mentioned earlier, this has been a banner year for reading for me.  Here are some of my favorites from this year. Some brief notes: 1) I didn’t set out to pick 11 books, actually.  That was a happy coincidence.  I just picked my favorites, wrote them up and…

via relevantmagazine.com Nice list from Relevant Magazine.

The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr You have 93 highlighted passages You have 7 notes Last annotated on August 10, 2011 McLuhan understood that whenever a new medium comes along, people naturally get caught up in the information—the “content”—it carries.Read more at location 113      • Delete this highlight Add a note What both…