Frank BreslinTeaching the Bible as Secular Text in Public High SchoolPreliminary Observations3d ago13d ago1
Frank BreslinAnything That Awakens Pity is DangerousThe Desert Fathers of the 3rd and 4th centuries CE lived alone in their caves and hovels in the Egyptian wilderness and began to have…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinWhat if your race had known only tragedy throughout America’s history?What if your people had been enslaved, persecuted, lynched, and denied their civil rights? And what if, instead of owning up to having…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinAmerica, a Living Hell for Non-WhitesOnce upon a time over the portals of the fabled Library of Alexandria were chiseled these words: “The Hospital for the Soul.” This majestic…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinHow Your Race, Education, and Social Class Affect Your ThinkingRace/Ethnicity: To what extent does your race do your thinking for you? What if your people had known only tragedy and injustice throughout…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinWhy Books Can Be Dangerous: Part 2It’s always good to step outside the 21st-century English-speaking world to see ourselves in perspective by visiting other cultures and…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinWhy Books Can Be Dangerous: Part 1Reading is another way of escaping the Cave of our culture, especially literature from the past. Times-gone-by and places-far-away will no…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinAre you the kind of student who gives a quiet chuckle every time people tell you they have “the…If you feel a sense of irreverence toward ideas that give themselves out as “truths, or are skeptical about “isms,” “ologies,” and beliefs…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinTravel Can Change You Profoundly When You’re YoungWeite Reise Macht Weise. Extensive travel makes us wise, less judgmental, more open-minded and tolerant. Travel sets us free from the…4d ago4d ago
Frank BreslinReading for oxygen in a claustrophobic worldReading Shakespeare, the Greeks, and the classics; reading for life-wisdom, nourishment, guidance and growth; reading to save one’s soul…Jul 16Jul 16