Dag Hammarskjöld’s journal, published in 1963 as “Markings,” was found after he, as the U.N.’s second General Secretary, was killed in a plane crash on the way to peace negotiations in the Congo in 1961. Henry Van Dusen, the theologian and president of Union Seminary, wrote that “Markings” was “the noblest self-disclosure of spiritual struggle and triumph, perhaps the greatest […]
Fear Not 2.0 — What About America Are You Thankful For?
Fear Not 2.0 — The Stoics’ Advice
My first son surprised himself… how impressed he was with his father (me), when he noticed I had a Critical Theory reading list on my bookshelf (back when I lived at the church): Horkheimer, Marcuse, Habermas. It was one of those, “Wait, my parent actually knows about something I think is important “ epiphanies. Ben was leading a Marxist […]