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To Stand on the Shoulders of Giants You Must Climb their Legs

Lancelot Schaubert over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

The great Coleridge quote (by way of Newton by way of Burton by way of Bernard of Chartes) that we see further because we stand on the shoulders of giants seems to be automatically assumed by the modern mind. We have “evolved” since the Greco Roman era. Even though clearly we are more barbaric. Even […]

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After the Tornado: a Primer on Disaster

Lancelot Schaubert over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

I wish Tara and I had less experience in disasters, but the truth is we have more than several lifetimes worth. I was on a team that served in Galveston after the hurricane – Zach Williams led worship before he was in the Lone Bellow, in fact. I was on a team in Katrina. Tara […]

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Why the Movie is Always Worse than the Book

Lancelot Schaubert over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

There seems to have arisen a sort of arrogance in our culture that if you’ve seen the movie, you’ve seen it all — that the movie is seldom truly worse than the book. But seeing is not understanding, not knowing, not believing – at least not the sort of seeing we normally mean. TV and Movies […]

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Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver

J.L. Scheuermann over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Each time I teach a literature course, I ask my students some version of this question, “What is literature?” Often it’s a question they haven’t considered, and we usually end up discussing our class reading list versus some of the more popular novels they know of. This leads us to talk about why we are […]

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Survival Diaries

Matt Otey over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Your Diary is Boring We have quite the opportunity to be writing and processing our feelings during this awkward time of recommended distancing that has left introverts joyous and extroverts mourning. But the truth is that diaries are boring. Be it your diary, my diary, and even your best friend’s diary, they are all boring […]

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Lemon Bird

Rex Wilder over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

A lemon bird I made a fool of myself over As if she were a green flash, a gold  Medal, or a first date’s blue eyes — I love her Less naturally now. It’s like she’s God And I have to read my belief in her off A page in the prayer book.  For a […]

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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

J.L. Scheuermann over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

My good friend Krista regularly makes book recommendations to me and buys books for me, and I have loved every single one. That is remarkable to me. I don’t have that kind of success rate when buying gifts for my own husband and son. When I think about Krista selecting books for me, I am […]

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Treasure in My Head

David McVey over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

We hung suspended in dark misty space, cut off from the world by the roar of the engines and the rush of cold damp air.  A few lights blinked and flashed below; big guns, perhaps. All-consuming was the bitter, enveloping cold; the skin on my face was numb and lifeless from the wind. Quite suddenly […]

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The Anchor of Your Life

Ashley Kauffman over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

I believe that all roots run deep,Though they may not be visible to the human eye,They build a strong foundation,By reaching out and intertwining. They become a secure anchor,As a life begins to grow. I believe that every day has potential,And that the layers of your life,Are expanded by experiences,That connect the rings of your […]

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The Secrets of Kraken Mare

M. Earl Smith over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Syllar glanced out the window and sighed.  Today was not going to be a great day for harvesting oil. Seeing that he was on Titan, 790 million miles away from Earth, harvesting a resource that nations had warred over for thousands of years, how could any day be a great day for harvesting oil? It […]

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