Martin Davis: Tim Waltz grapples with tough lessons great coaches understand
OUR COVER STORY COLLECTION OF COLUMNS begins, this week, with journalist Martin Davis—who literally wrote the book about the wisdom of America’s high school coaches—writing about some of the tough lessons former coach Tim Walz is grappling with now he’s in the national league of American politics.
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Joe Grimm: MSU Bias Busters can help as military culture collides with political posturing
MORE THAN 30 YEARS HAVE PASSED since two veterans squared off in an American vice presidential race—and MSU Bias Busters Director Joe Grimm writes about the difficulty of sorting out some of the confusing claims about military service. That potential for confusion is why his Bias Busters team devoted an entire guidebook to understanding veterans’ lives and culture.
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Duncan Newcomer: How a Civil War hero redefined American courage for our time
CIVIL WAR SCHOLAR DUNCAN NEWCOMER writes, this week, about Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who is best known as one of the most courageously effective officers in the American Civil War—helping to turn the tide more than once at Gettysburg. Now, Duncan argues, it is time to recover post-war lessons about courage that Chamberlain taught in his career as an educator and community leader.
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Jeffrey Munroe: What Joe Biden has taught us about ‘the stewardship of pain’
JOURNALIST JEFFREY MUNROE, whose new book is about the spiritual resources people draw upon to live with trauma, writes this week about Joe Biden’s legacy—now that he has stepped out of the presidential race—as a man whose character is as important as his specific policies.
Inspiring News from Our Writers—
Suzy Farbman writes about ‘Miracle Girl’ Sofia Edmonds
IN THIS SECOND PART of her column about Sofia Edmonds, Suzy Farbman explains why friends have dubbed her a “Miracle Girl.” (Note: This second part also includes a convenient link to find Part 1, if you missed it.)
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Confused? Then let MSU Bias Busters Director Joe Grimm explain …
THIS IS A VISUAL REPRESENTATION of a condition shared by several million Americans. Soon, the Michigan State University Bias Busters team will be discussing this issue with men and women who know it well—to produce a new book in their award-winning series. This week, in our Front Edge Publishing column, Bias Busters Director Joe Grimm is asking for your help with this project.
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Holidays & Festivals
Krishna Janmashtami
HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS columnist Stephanie Fenton writes about the worldwide Hindu celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna.
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WANT TO SEE ALL OF THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS? It’s easy to find our annual calendar of global observances. Just remember the web address: InterfaithHolidays.com
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Click on this poster from the PBS documentary to begin reading Ed McNulty’s series of columns, which he has collected from his original journals of that landmark 1964 Freedom Summer in Mississippi. As of this week, Ed has posted 4 parts of this series marking this 60th anniversary: First, here is Part 1; then here is Part 2; followed by Part 3; and then Part 4.
Faith & Film
Click on this cover shot from Ed McNulty’s August 2024 issue of Visual Parables Journal, packed with film reviews and discussion guides. This issue includes: Twisters, Sing Sing, Touch, My Penguin Friend and many more.
ED McNULTY, for decades, has published reviews, magazine articles and books exploring connections between faith and film. Most of his work is freely published. Ed supports his work by selling the Visual Parables Journal, a monthly magazine packed with film reviews and discussion guides. This resource is used nationwide by individuals who love the movies and by educators, clergy and small-group leaders.
Here are some of Ed’s most recent free reviews and columns:
- COUP—Ed writes, “Written and directed by Joseph Schuman and Austin Stark, this tale of class warfare takes place in a time that was as deadly as our recent Covid Pandemic, the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918.”
- TRAP—“I kept thinking of the classic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyder as I watched writer/director M. Night Shyamalan’s suspenseful film unfold.”
- SHOGUN—It’s so mesmerizing, Ed writes, that it encourages binge watching.
- WIDOW CLICQUOT—“Director Thomas Napper’s debut feature film could serve as a feminist tract celebrating the heritage of a strong woman in early 19th century France.”
- MY PENGUIN FRIEND—“I love interspecies films such as Fly Away, and Brazilian director David Schurmann’s film is a delightful addition to the genre.”
- TWISTERS—“Director Lee Isaac Chung’s disaster film is about as thrilling as it can get, far more entertaining than a screen full of wisecracking Marvel superheroes.”
- LONGLEGS—”Director Oz Perkins probes the “madness is in their heart” in an unforgettable way in this film that combines horror with FBI procedural.”
- TOUCH—”Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur’s film is for those who love a star-crossed lover’s story.”
- SING SING—This inspiring film is based on a true story of prisoners producing an annual theatrical production at Sing Sing prison..
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