If a tree falls by an axe, the stump will, given enough time, grow back. Human beings who fall violently have no such hope–we never rise again.  With that image,…

With the obvious exception of Plato’s Phaedrus, really old books don’t spend much time on technology.  Perhaps the tools didn’t change fast enough.  Perhaps their writing materials were expensive enough…

Taken down to their etymological components, scriptures are any written texts and literature is any human craft involving letters, usually of some alphabet or another.  But etymological roots don’t go…

Theology and literature have always seemed a natural pair to me.  In fact, I’ve written a Master’s Thesis examining Ezekiel with the help of William Blake; another digging into Christology…

Laurie Norris and Jay Eldred have an lively conversation about what cosplay means to them and how dressing up as someone else helped them both discover who they are. Knowing…

Genesis–Bereshith in the Hebrew–opens with grand narratives of beginnings and generations, and the New Testament starts with four distinctive narrative accounts of Jesus, the anointed one.  For traditions that consider…

Alexis Neal, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Marie Hause discuss Tolstoy’s classic novel. Introduction Knowing  Summary and background info on Anna Karenina Personal experiences and first impressions Reading Comparing Anna and…

Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Alexis Neal continue their “Mystery Gang Adventures” by discussing the recent film, “See How They Run” Knowing “What is See How They Run, and what…

In today’s episode, Coyle talks to Jordan and David about the Viking exploration of the New world as outlined in the Vinland Sagas. The Norse Discover Canada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmEO49_iwE The Kensington…

Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Sarah Thomas dive into some of the villancicos of famed early modern Mexican writer Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Topics include Marian villancicos,…

I don’t often talk about my own high-school years on this podcast, but I remember in high-school jazz band playing a Christmas medley called “Heaven and Nature Swing.” It led…

Marie Hause, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Leah Flenniken discuss medieval proto-feminist Christine de Pizan's Book of the City of Ladies.

Alexis Neal, Victoria Reynolds Farmer, and Kayla Beth Moore discuss George Eliot’s classic novel. INTRODUCTION KNOWING Background information on the novel Our experiences with Middlemarch READING  Dorothea  “It Can Be…

Laurie Norris, Katie Grubbs, and Victoria Reynolds Farmer discuss changing views of what it means to be an ‘auntie’ these days, as well as some of their favorite aunts from…

Knowing Why this episode and a bio of St. Teresa Our experience with her work Reading Interior Castle Metaphors for the soul Medieval worldview Some tricky bits of the text…