vol. 10, num. 12 :: 2011.06.24 — 2011.07.07
When The Who sang about their generation, it was in the midst of a major cultural shift, though the sense of tension between the young and the old(er) was nothing new. Who is your generation? Do you feel a sense of solidarity or alienation there?
On accepting the challenge of parenting post-9/11 kids.
How (and why) to raise three-year-olds who love kohlrabi in season.
A mother reflects on parenting the next great generation.
A call for listening and embrace in our culture making.
A caution against entitlement.
Questions prompted by a collision of generations on connecting flights.
A case for a more accurate and hopeful view of today's young adults.
Reflecting on the legacy of the father of the H-bomb.
What's nature, what's nurture and what's the product of a generation?
Exploring what's unique and what's constant among the generations in a family tree.
What the Boomers need to re-learn about security.
An account of the joys and struggles embedded in 16 years of multi-generational living.
The story of an encounter between young and old.
Toward a spacious redrawing of generational boundaries.
A review of Instagram, a photo sharing social networking platform.
A fascination with Sacred Harp singing is more than just a cultural curiosity.
A response to the charges of relativism that get lobbed across philosophical dividing lines.
On a tradition that binds what's past, even as it teaches for the future.
John D. Boy writes on the question of new leaders and their facial hair.
Deborah Arca questions the author on her findings about today's Christian teenagers.
Charlie Peacock offers experiential advice to a new generation as the music industry implodes.
Even in a country you know by heart
its hard to go the same way twice
the life of the going changes.
The chances change and make a new way.
Any tree or stone or bird
can be the bud of a new direction. The
natural correction is to make intent
of accident. To get back before dark
is the art of going.
Wendell Berry
“Traveling at Home” from Traveling at Home
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