Oxford and Creativity
Writing from a place that has inspired the best of writers. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
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Kill Bill with My Mom
Reflections on family movie night. John Brewer Eberly My name is John Brewer Eberly, Jr., but most call me Brewer….
How New Technology is Changing our Capacity for Hope
Technology and memory, or why there’s a 50% chance you won’t finish this post. Peter Atkinson Peter Atkinson is an…
Poetry is a Garden, Not a Microwave Dinner
And then we want to go to lunch, and forget everything we’ve heard.
Audrey Hepburn and Helping Others See
Sharing a few moments from my day in a coffee shop. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and…
Beauty and Sacred Space
We need to value sacred space because of the impact it can have on our activities and on us, body…
Why You Should Read Old Books
They’re not just for “smart people.”
The Wisdom (and Frustration) of Creative Expression
Wisdom is expressed through creativity.
The Godfather of Totalitarian Architecture
How buildings shape (and ruin) community.
Is Star Wars More Morally Complex than Lord of the Rings?
A symposium. (Weigh in!) The Editors At Humane Pursuits, we want to be the explorers of an ancient originality, rediscovering…
Allies in Imagination
Check out “Story Warren.” Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the University of…
Is Frozen a “Christian” Movie?
A literary and theological look at what’s really going on in Frozen.
The Beauty of “Non-Christian” Movies
Forget “Son of God”…take a look at “Frozen.” Havilah Steinman Havilah Joy Steinman graduated from Biola University and the Torrey…
The Danger of Reading a Few First Lines
How a few minutes in an old bookstore became a long afternoon. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger,…
The Best Tale That C.S. Lewis Ever Told
It wasn’t what you’d think. Sarah Clarkson Sarah Clarkson is an author, blogger, and student of theology at the University…
Language and the University Professor
An open letter to the teacher of the humanities. Liz Horst Liz Horst studied music and English literature at Grove…
What Art and Gaming Have in Common
Play is for people. Joseph Cunningham Joseph is a featured Humane Pursuits columnist. He works as a marketer in West…
“Rent” and Christmas
How does a young person find love after being infected with a fatal, sexually transmitted illness?
Time and Enjoyment
The bittersweet beauty, envy of the gods, that “all good things come to an end.” Liz Horst Liz Horst studied…
Soul Toes Tapping
That old Christmas Eve rose before me, caught in my hurried jots, a day in which the taste of grace…