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- Preacher's prescription: Mix it up (Boston Globe)
'Most preaching is boring." There. He said it. In front of 30 pastors, Jeffrey Arthurs acknowledged a time-honored complaint usually expressed in glassy stares, yawns, and the occasional snore. His listeners took no offense. Sitting in a classroom at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, they were among more than 400 preachers from around the country who trekked recently to the South Hamilton ...
- A haunting look into humanity's dark corners - Globe and Mail
A haunting look into humanity's dark cornersGlobe and Mail, Canada - 5 hours agoBut having watched other talented translators trip over Mouawad's concrete abstractions and rational poetry, the strengths of Gaboriau's translation are all ...
- Perfect Reading Weather (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines - No, not even the rain has such small hands, according to e.e. cummings, but rain—with its syncopated march on windows, its telltale gray cloak, its earthy bouquet—can also catalyze a nascent need to pick up a certain book.
- Humanities is stories - World Magazine
Humanities is storiesWorld Magazine, NC - 2 hours agoStories are free, after all, but of course it doesn’t hurt to throw a little money at those who write them down for us.
- Gullah Geechee Festival cooks up culture today and tomorrow - Myrtle Beach Online
You can know folks by the food they eat, and organizers of the sixth annual Gullah Geechee Festival want people to heap plenty of the culture onto their plates today and Saturday. Organizers said food will be a centerpiece of the festival and reflect ...
- Memories of Wooler's famous son - Belleville Intelligencer
Memories of Wooler's famous sonBelleville Intelligencer, Canada - 6 hours agoWe didn't know quite what to make of him, kind of wrote him off as an eccentric, but we knew he wrote poetry. One of those poems is entitled At the Quinte ...
- Mortensen delves into cowboy mentality - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
TORONTO - Just how fearless is Viggo Mortensen? Forget his naked fight scene in the movie Eastern Promises. The man is wearing a Habs T-shirt in the middle of Leaf Nation. "Yeah. I've been booed on the street," says the man with the now-famous ...
- STEPHANIE SALTER: New Yorker Obama cover: It’s offensive, so it must ... - Tribune-Star
Would you like to see a terrific example of one of the worst things Americans are up against? Take a look at the reaction to this week’s New Yorker magazine cover. Note, I did not say, take a look at the cover. That is the now-infamous cartoon of ...
- Model T celebrates 100th birthday - Commercial News
When I was a kid, my dad and I never missed a car show sponsored by the Illiana Antique Automobile Club. Looking at old cars was our favorite thing, except for fishing for bluegills, shooting bottles and cans with a .22 ri-fle, barbecuing spare ribs ...
- Law cannot include what a culture excludes - Irish Times
Law cannot include what a culture excludesIrish Times, Ireland - 3 hours agoHis face was poetry in motion, reminiscent of his acknowledged hero, Marcel Marceau. His presentation - translated and narrated by his wife - set a tone for ...
- Lynn Woods Reservation - Boston Globe
Lynn Woods ReservationBoston Globe, United States - 2 hours agoIn the evenings, the cafe often offers music, an open mike, and poetry readings - and the walls feature the work of local artists. ...
- Create scary monsters and meet creepy crawlies at Aberdeen Maritime Museum (Aberdeen City Council News)
Free fun packed family friendly events have been organised by the City Council to take place during the school holidays at the Maritime Museum, Shiprow. 2008/10/08 00:00:00
- ‘A loss to all Palestinians and their cause’ (Gulf Times)
RAMALLAH: Mahmoud Darwish, whose poetry his fellow Palestinians embraced as the voice of their suffering, died yesterday after heart surgery in Texas.
- Burgess Wins Miss Black Florence USA - South Carolina Now
Burgess Wins Miss Black Florence USASouth Carolina Now, South Carolina - 8 hours agoSave the Children, Project Sunshine, Sparrows Club USA, Aid For Aids, NAACP Legal and Hate Crime Defense Fund, Teen Support Line Center, The Liberian ...
- Hunt still charming it crazy - Otago Daily Times
Hunt still charming it crazyOtago Daily Times, New Zealand - 12 minutes agoBy Nigel Benson on Thu, 4 Sep 2008 Sam Hunt reads poetry in St Paul's Cathedral on a previous visit. Photo by Craig Baxter. He's the poet laureate of the ...
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