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Jul 2, 2026
TIC founder Brad Birzer’s title is a bit misleading. While the Declaration of Independence is treated in detail, The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Experiment in...
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Jun 15, 2026
The year was 1889. The thirty-six-year-old artist and illustrator Howard Pyle had burst on the artistic scene in the 1870s with illustrations in popular journals such as...
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Jun 12, 2026
Pentecost has come and gone. On some liturgical calendars, the time is called “Sundays After Pentecost” or some variation. Most Latin Rite Catholics call it...
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May 26, 2026
Sometimes known as the “Father of American illustration,” Howard Pyle (1853-1911) plays an enormous role in American art, illustration, and children’s literature. A...
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May 11, 2026
“Advocatus sed non latro, res miranda populo.”
The above Latin tag, usually applied to St. Ives (or Yves or Ivo), Patron of Lawyers, can be translated, “A lawyer...
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Apr 29, 2026
My alma mater, Calvin University (“College” when I was there), celebrates its 150th anniversary this year. For most of its history, this little school founded by Dutch...
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Apr 9, 2026
I am probably more likely to entertain strangers when on the road than I am at work or at home. While traveling on a plane, a train, or a bus, one of my favorite positions is the...
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Mar 16, 2026
For years, our go-to gift for new babies and young children celebrating birthdays has been Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems (1992), edited by X.J. and...
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Feb 25, 2026
The disappointing truth is that most lives are failures from the general human standpoint. Many of us rarely move from wish to purpose. Those who do often move, if at all, slowly. I...
Jun 15, 2026The year was 1889. The thirty-six-year-old artist and illustrator Howard Pyle had burst on the artistic scene in the 1870s with illustrations in popular journals such as...
May 26, 2026Sometimes known as the “Father of American illustration,” Howard Pyle (1853-1911) plays an enormous role in American art, illustration, and children’s literature. A...
May 11, 2026“Advocatus sed non latro, res miranda populo.” The above Latin tag, usually applied to St. Ives (or Yves or Ivo), Patron of Lawyers, can be translated, “A lawyer...
Apr 9, 2026I am probably more likely to entertain strangers when on the road than I am at work or at home. While traveling on a plane, a train, or a bus, one of my favorite positions is the...
Mar 16, 2026For years, our go-to gift for new babies and young children celebrating birthdays has been Talking Like the Rain: A Read-to-Me Book of Poems (1992), edited by X.J. and...
Feb 25, 2026The disappointing truth is that most lives are failures from the general human standpoint. Many of us rarely move from wish to purpose. Those who do often move, if at all, slowly. I...