Hume, the laughing Scotsman, woke Kant from his “dogmatic slumber” with his skeptical attempt to formulate a science of human nature and has continued to variously puzzle, provoke, and inspire philosophers ever since with his half-mocking and sometimes ambiguous writings. His views on religion, particularly his attack on miracles, have stimulated some outrage and a…
Q: Is it possible to write a 4,000-word essay on a pantry? A: Perhaps. Q: But is it possible to write a 4,000-word essay on a pantry that keeps the reader’s attention from start to finish? A: Surely not… And yet, dear reader, I am here to share that it is. You can test it…
I write lists. Lists of places to go, people to befriend, vegetables that grow in Zone 4, buildings likely to be haunted. They’re easier to read than paragraphs. Our attention spans are at a finger’s width by now, and our brains are as shallow as mining pans. All the better, I say, to catch the…
Pregnancy has brought with it suitcases of struggles I haven’t encountered before. Recently, listening to the SetApart podcast, I was convicted about the way I had carried those struggles so far. Instead of unpacking the difficulties, I was shoving them into the corner with some vague, hopeful statements and a grin-and-bear-it attitude. “It’s all worth…