Ruth Everhart's Blog, page 49
September 19, 2013
Brains & Beer
What do you know about your brain? Would you pay the equivalent of a six-pack so that scientists could understand it better? Let’s call that “your brain on beer.” The Howard Hughes Medical Institute built a campus in Loudoun County … Continue reading →
September 16, 2013
What Make a Person an Artist?
The men descended into the pits –the coal mines– at age eleven. They never finished school, and rarely saw the light of day. Still, when they had the opportunity, they attended evening classes run by the Workers Educational Association. Eventually … Continue reading →
September 11, 2013
I Knew Nun-thing . . . which birthed a Dappled Idea
I posted a few weeks ago about nuns — specifically, how little contact I had with nuns growing up. I suspect that the cultural divide between Protestant and Catholic was deeper in my childhood (the 1960s and 70s) than it is … Continue reading →
September 10, 2013
Summer Is Over So Go Back to Church. Sigh.
Does your church have a Rally Day on the calendar? Kick-off Day? Back-to-Church Bonanza? Whatever you call these fall Sundays, they are important events in the church calendar. I know them well. I have spent 23 years organizing these types … Continue reading →
September 6, 2013
Fall Is a Great Time to Organize
The fall is a time of new beginnings. The air is crisp, those new notebooks have uncreased covers, and the holidays loom, but not frighteningly so. All things seem possible! But is it hard to feel fresh in your home … Continue reading →
September 1, 2013
Conflict in Syria & the Church, PCUSA
The situation in Syria has no good solutions. Should the United States respond to the use of chemical weapons in the Syrians’ civil war? The Congress is going to decide, as soon as they reconvene. People of faith are divided … Continue reading →
August 24, 2013
The Gatekeepers
The Gatekeepers, is a 2012 documentary about Israel’s secret service agency, the Shin Bet. Read the NY Times book review here. The filmmaker, Dror Moreh, interviewed the six men who have served as head of the Shin Bet from its … Continue reading →
August 23, 2013
Fun with Amazon
Look what popped up on Amazon — apparently enough people bought my book and Mary Ann’s book on Sabbath at the same time — that the books warranted a “Frequently Bought Together” buying prompt. Isn’t this fun? A big shout-out … Continue reading →
August 22, 2013
God Bless Antoinette Tuff
In case you missed the story of Antoinette Tuff, Here it is from NPR. A 20-year old man, armed with assault weapons, entered a school building full of children. He encountered Antoinette Tuff, who was the school clerk. She called … Continue reading →
August 20, 2013
I Know Nun-thing
I grew up in a very insular Protestant environment. My images of nuns were formed almost entirely by the media, and even those were scant: Sidney Poitier building a chapel for the German-speaking nuns in Lilies of the Field, and … Continue reading →
