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The Library: A 2nd Home
I love the library. As a child I can remember my first trip as though it was yesterday. I noticed the smell right away. It was a combination of the book glue, the plastic title covers, the heat from the … Continue reading
The Library: Beyond the Ballot
Although the 2014 mid-term elections have concluded, our civic responsibility still deserves our thoughtful consideration. On Monday I mentioned the two most common voting booth strategies we might employ when we aren’t as informed as we’d like to be – … Continue reading
The Library: Inquiry
For one reason or another, most of us approach libraries for, among other things, the purpose of finding information that we need, want or are forced (by circumstances) to find. It really has not mattered why I came to a … Continue reading
The Library: Need to Know
One of the great privileges of being a Unitarian Universalist is that we can answer a question with “I don’t know…”, and that is a valid answer. Does God exist? I don’t know. Are you a Christian? I don’t know. … Continue reading
The Library: Thin Veils
Thin veils serve to allow us a glimpse of what is beneath with just a slight touch, a careful look, often a momentary encounter that leaves us wondering if we really did see what was beneath the veil. Today is one … Continue reading
Hallowe’en – The Library: “Who are You?”
We are in the South, and here, to some, there is a religious objection to the celebration of Halloween. In school, therefore, the kids have “literary character day” annually, instead. While it is always somewhat irksome to me as a … Continue reading
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The Library: Independent Study
Independent study. The student declares that he wants to learn sign language so that he can communicate with deaf members of his church, and so he begins to create a list of resources that he will use to try and … Continue reading