One of the treasures that E.O. Wilson bestowed on his undergraduates was the concept of the umwelt. Umwelt: the world as a particular animal experiences it. On a sensory level – visual acuity, hearing, smell – and the semiotics of what sensory stimuli signify in the instinctual context forged by genetics and learning. As one…
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We find ourselves in the midst of the adventure of war. It began as soon as the turkey carcass was picked clean and turned into broth many turned away from the Thanksgiving table and towards the bright lights of Christmas. Water dripped from the plates now resting in the drying rack as many found themselves…
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“Get dressed in something nice,” my mother said through my bedroom door, “We’re going to church.” Somewhere, I’m sure, a needle scratched clear off a record. Save for a Holy Roman shotgun wedding, where even elementary-aged me could sense the bride and groom were about to make a terrible decision, I’d never gone to church…
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Back by popular demand (okay, Teer’s Mom asked us to do it again), the Crackers and Grape Juice Advent Devotional Series for 2019 will take the writing and preaching of Stanley Hauerwas as our inspiration. Jason, Teer, Taylor, Johanna, and anyone else we’ve managed to wrangle will help you anticipate the coming again of the…
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