The Sea Voyager, temporary home to St. Mary’s students after we were hit with a bad mold problem, left campus on Sunday, bringing to mind an Alfred, Lord Tennyson poem.
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Mary’s Irrational Decision to Have Jesus
As Madeleine L’Engle writes, “Had Mary been filled with reason/There’d been no room for the child.”
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "After Annunciation", "Annunciation", Madeleine L'Engle, Magnificat, Religion, Spirituality, Virgin Mary Comments closed
Christmas Life in the Face of Death
Comparing the Japanese film “Departures” with “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” give special insight into the meaning of Christmas.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Christmas, death, Departures, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Comments closed
If Jane Austen Used Facebook . . .
To update Jane Austen, my class took eight of her characters from “Sense and Sensibility” and put them in Facebook conversation with each other.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Facebook, Jane Austen, Relationships, Sense and Sensibility Comments closed
Deficit Plan: No Food Stamps for the Rich
The “New Yorker’s” Hendrik Herzberg has a perfect Anatole France quotation for Republican plans to pay for extending the payroll tax exemption.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Anatole France, Budget battles, Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol, politics, Red Lily, Taxation Comments closed
The Healing Power of Talking about Race
Race, as we learned from watching a play based on student experiences with the subject, is more painful when we avoid it than we we confront it head-on.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Caleen Jennings, Hear and Now, racism, St. Mary's College of Maryland Comments closed
Move with the Wind, Sleep under the Snow
Here’s a non-Christmas tree poem by Scott Bates for friends of the environment.
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged "Interview with a Tree", Christmas, Nature, Scott Bates Comments closed
