NPR, by Cory Turner: What made Mozart great? Or Bobby Fischer? Or Serena Williams? The answer sits somewhere on the scales of human achievement. On one side: natural talent. On the other: hard work. Many would argue that success hangs in some delicate balance between them. But not Anders Ericsson. Ericsson has spent decades studying the power of practice, and in his new book, Peak: Secrets From The New Science Of Expertise, co-authored with Robert Pool, he argues that “talent”... Read more
O God, from whom all good proceeds: Grant that by your inspiration we may think those things that are right, a nd by your merciful guiding may do them; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen. BCP Read more
I will remember Muhammad Ali for his clowning around as much as his boxing. Read more
From my foreword to C. Christopher Smith, Reading for the Common Good: At a recent party at a friend’s home, a home we call Crickhollow, a bundle of folks from Church of the Redeemer engaged in what we do at parties: casual conversations, and not a few of them invoked books and authors. At one moment Katie stood up to cite something from The Lord of the Rings, she was answered by Dana and then Alex. A few moments later Marilynne... Read more
There is far more here – in this letter from a missionary kid to parents of missionary kids – than just what happens for missionary kids. Go to the link to read the whole letter. Danica is an MK from the Solomon Islands, who now has found her own little village in the mountains of New Mexico. She lives there with her husband and three children, three goats, two dogs, and an assortment of chickens. Danica has a degree in... Read more
You are What You Love: Nagging Questions By David George Moore. Dave’s interview show and other media can be found at www.mooreengaging.com. James K.A. Smith (aka Jamie) writes with insight and verve. He is a deep thinker who wants us to know that there is more to life than thinking. More on that in a moment. I’ve read four of Jamie’s books: Letters to a Young Calvinist (reviewed here: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/06/15/david-g-moore-i-guess-im-not-a-calvinist/), Desiring the Kingdom, How (Not) to be Secular, and his... Read more
The Top Ten Worst airports in the USA? [SMcK: I rank the worst to be LaGuardia and LAX second. Best airport experience for us? Savannah GA.] To hear frequent flyers wax poetic about Singapore’s Changi Airport, you would think that the airport itself was the destination. It has a rooftop pool, an orchid garden, a butterfly garden, a sunflower and light garden, a koi pond, a FREE movie theater, gaming centers, sports zones, a lounge area for sleeping, and SO... Read more
Nicholas Kristof: As I see it, there are three good reasons for universities to be more welcoming not just to women or blacks, but also to conservatives. First, stereotyping and discrimination are wrong, whether against gays or Muslims, or against conservatives or evangelicals. We shouldn’t define one as bigotry and the other as enlightenment. When a survey finds that more than half of academics in some fields would discriminate against a job seeker who they learned was an evangelical, that... Read more
Sam Dean: For most people, essay writing becomes a thing of the past as soon as they step out of university and prepare themselves for the world of work. But for others, the dissertation is just the beginning. That is because it has become increasingly easy to make money out of the very thing students spend three or four years paying to do at university: coursework. The essay writing industry – where a third party writes tailor-made pieces of work... Read more
By John Frye I unearthed a surprising feature about my spiritual journey as I sought to select two books that shaped my spiritual journey in the 1970s. In my early years as a Christian, I was vulnerable to God leading me through books about missionary martyrs. 1970s Book 1. Having graduated from Moody Bible Institute, I was attending North Texas State University to earn liberal arts credits needed for seminary. Julie and I were in our second year of marriage... Read more
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