The interview as a work of art

For two reasons, his interview was out of the ordinary. First, it was obvious before we even began to record that he'd actually read the book. I'm sure that if I were a radio guy, I wouldn't take the time to read every book I was reviewing on air; after all, there are certain obligatory questions you wouldn't even have to write out to remember: "Where did you get the idea for these stories?""What's your writing schedule look like?""Do you write on a notepad in a coffee shop or hammer away on a computer?""How old were you when you knew you wanted to write?"Etc.I don't doubt for a moment that...

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Wasicu at Chankpe Opi: A White Man at Wounded Knee II

The Ghost Dance, a ritual of what Ian Frazier calls “the first American religion,” is only one of many causes which led to the massacre at Wounded Knee, but for people of faith it merits a closer look.There was no dancing here on the night before the massacre, December 28, 1890, but for almost a year “the Messiah craze” had spread throughout the newly sectioned reservations, as unstoppable as a prairie fire. A committee of Sioux holy men had returned from Nevada, where they’d met Wovoka, the Paiute who’d seen the original vision. They returned as disciples of a new religion.Wovoka designed the...

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Geometry assignment; March 3

We began our unit on circles today with an introduction to some new terms as well as a review of some calculations that the students have seen before in previous math classes.  Radius, circumference, area, diameter, center, secant, tangent, chord, and point of tangency were all discussed and demonstrated.  Working with congruent and similar circles and concentric circles were also aspects of this unit that students were introduced to.Homework:  circle calculation worksheet #1-9 all;  section 9-1;  page 330;  classroom exercises #1-10 ...

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Remembering Frederick Manfred--1912-1994 (viii)

On that first visit to Dordt College, I took Fred to the Dordt College chapel, which was being built just then. Construction crews were still all around, and the dust on the stage was a half-inch thick. Everywhere you looked there was canvas drop cloths, but the place was closed up and warm, cavern-like and spacious, a work-in-progress.Down the center aisle we walked together, this huge man looking up and around, as if the unfinished ceiling was lined with stars. Together we stood, center stage, looking out over open stretches where eventually the pews would sit, and he was astonished, almost...

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Geometry assignment; Feb. 10

We went over our radical expressions quiz to start the period today.  We then continued to review similar triangles and working with the geometric mean.We will begin our work with right triangles and the Pythagorean Theorem tomorrow.Assignment:  Geometric mean worksheet with similar triangles;  #1-12 all, evens on back(I think during one of the periods, I said to do the odds on the back.  2nd period can choose to do even or odds, as I believe I forgot to mention which ones to do on the bac...

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Sunday Morning Meds--Snickers

“. . .but the Lord laughs at the wicked, for he knows their day is coming.”Psalm 37I don’t remember things like this happening when I was younger, but more and more these days it seems that the victims of violent crime are given opportunity in court, once the verdict is set, to let loose at the guilty.  It’s not an exercise I enjoy watching.  No matter how totally despicable and evil the crimes, the frequently emotional diatribes of the victims don’t offer much joy.  Venting may feel good, but most often, it’s not pretty because vengeance in the human spirit, no matter how...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; May 13

We went over the homework today before taking a look at how the quadratic formula is used to solve equations.  We went through 2-3 examples together before the students got started on their homework.Assignment:  quadratic formula worksheet  #1-7 ...

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Algebra 10-12 assignment; May 5

We went over our quiz today in class before getting started on today's lesson.  Today's lesson focused on being able to add and subtract radical expressions.  We worked to get like radicals in the equations first, before then adding and subtracting to finish the problem.  We went through several examples in class together before getting started on the homework assignment.Assignment:  Addition / Subtraction of radicals worksheet  #1-22 ...

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Wasicu at Chankpe Opi: A White Man at Wounded Knee V

A single troop—who knows who?—tried to wrestle Black Coyote, one of the Sioux men. Some say he was deaf. At the same moment, the medicine man gets to his feet, picks up a handful of dust, and throws it at the soldiers, his shrieking exhortation continuing in the Sioux language. The soldier and Black Coyote wrestle for the possession of a rifle, while down the line another soldier begins struggling with another for a rifle wrapped in the blanket covering one of three young men standing close together. The medicine man keeps telling his people white bullets will not harm them. One...

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Morning Thanks--all those who help

Once upon a time, I helped shingle a three-story house in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, which meant ascending an old wooden extension ladder with a bundle of shingles on my shoulder, a ridiculous circus act. I needed one hand to keep that 90-pound bundle on my shoulder; that left only one on a ancient paint-spattered ladder that bowed like an buggy spring when me and that bundle were aboard. I lived. But I never forgot.For maybe two weeks total, I worked for a construction crew putting a new interstate highway up the lake shore. They paid good money for every last muscle in my body. It took no brains...

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Geometry assignment; March 4

We went over our chapter 8 test today before going through the lesson.  Today's lesson dealt with tangent lines and circles and how calculation problems can be solved using tangents to circles.  We walked through several examples before getting started on our homework at the end of the period.Assignment:  Tangents to Circles worksh...

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Book Review--Origins

Here's the rub. Once upon a time--and still today--people who believe in a Christian education used evolution as a kind of shibboleth. Those of us who chose to send our kids to a Christian school could always say, "You know, if our kids went to public schools, they'd be taught that their ancestors were chimpanzees--how does that square with biblical thinking?"End of conversation. Maybe. Creation was a mainstay, a foundational principle. That God almighty created all things was a given in what most people considered a Christian worldview. Belief in evolution was belief in Godlessness. And...

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Geometry assignment; May 1

We went through another entry task today practicing the use of our various formulas.  We then spent some time taking a look at some animations of how cones are constructed from triangles and how they are related to cylinders.  The class got some new formulas for how to work with cones and then did a couple of sample problems together before getting started on the homework. Quiz on volume and surface area of solid objects tomorrow.Assignment:  section 12-3;  page 493;  #9-16 all,...

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Geometry assignment; May 7

After going over the homework, we spent time working on the final section of chapter 12.  The topic for today was dealing with the ratios among similar solid objects.  The ratio between single dimensions  (height, slant height, perimeter, etc. is equal to the scale factor.  The area ratio is equal to the scale factor squared.  The volume ratio is equal to the scale factor cubed.  We did a few sample problems involving these ratios together before getting started on our homework.Assignment:  section 12-5;  page 510-511;  classroom exercises #6-11;  written exercises #1-8,...

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