The Rev. Chris Pizzello, S.J., writes for America about the death of Chris Cornell on May 18: I entered adulthood listening to Soundgarden in the late ’80s and early ’90s. For many people of my generation (that would be “X”) Cornell’s voice represents a passionate rejection of organized religion. It is impossible to listen to Soundgarden songs like “Jesus Christ Pose” and … [Read more...] about A Singer’s Search
Archives for May 26, 2017
Honor the Dead of Minya
The Rev. Frederick Schmidt, Jr., writes about the slaughter of at least 20 Coptic Christians early today in Minya, Egypt: [W]e won’t be riveted to stories from Minya for days on end the way in which we have followed the news from Manchester. … [T]he moral values that we hold dear should leave us ever restless and discontent with human definitions of compassion, mercy, and … [Read more...] about Honor the Dead of Minya
EDS: Prime Real Estate
Mary Levy writes for Cambridge Day about the finer points of selling the buildings of Episcopal Divinity School: The campus consists of more than a dozen properties on an eight-acre campus largely built in 1920 that together accounts for some 155,374 of built square footage assessed at $51.8 million. A July 2016 draft analysis [PDF] prepared for the trustees expected the sale … [Read more...] about EDS: Prime Real Estate