Come back in an hour and I’ll tell you. It is my dream to continue as a college teacher; yet there is no guarantee I shall. What I do believe is that wherever I end up, I will find my gifts made useful. What a funny phrase, ‘where I end up’. a career is no … Continue reading What Happens to a Dream Deferred?
What do farmers call it when 10 calves race to the barn?
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What did a CEO say after relocating his mattress factory to Jerusalem?
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This post continues an exploration of vocation. In part I, work (or career) was distinguished from our universal vocation to personhood. Yet, personhood, our primary vocation, is not realized in abstraction. In accord with its nature, personhood exists and develops in a social context. One such context is work. Work is an arena in and … Continue reading A Word on Hope: Vocation in Light of the Baltimore Riots, Part II of III
What did the reporter say after a last minute pardon from being hanged?
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What kind of report did the lonely policeman file?
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In groundbreaking work, Senior Ashley Pasely claims that Shakespeare may have been one of the English Language’s “most important authors.” Citing heretofore little known studies, using statistical data from surveys, and her own finely developed “intuition for good writing,” Tennessee college graduate claims Shakespeare to be “a writer of important things which are both deep … Continue reading Groundbreaking Research Upholds Common Consensus, Shakespeare Truly One of the Best
