A Better Chance Turns 50
In A Better Chance
In 1963, in the heyday of the civil rights movement, at the initiative of President Kennedy, the idea that was to become “A Better Chance” was born. President Kennedy sent a letter to Ivy League universities asking how they could help improve racial equality in higher education. To their credit a good number of those…Read More
Merry Christmas, everyone.
Jim James, from a short interview on Austin City Limits: “I do consider myself to be spiritual but I don’t subscribe to any particular faith or ideology. I think spirituality is the most important thing a person can tackle in life, and if you don’t understand that—well, not that we’ll ever understand it—but if you…Read More
When he was a little boy, mid-20th century, John Chane, who is now a leader in the Episcopal Church, showed up for the birthday party of a friend from school. A dozen other kids had been invited. Everything was set for a happy celebration. The house was all decked out for the party. John was…Read More
As for “religion” itself, I’ve been coming around to rejecting the concept of “religion.” No, not converting to atheism, but rejecting the belief that there is some isolated class of human experience that can be identified (and therefore compartmentalized) as “religion.” Western culture is the only one that even has a concept of “religion” as…Read More
