Jackson: Hey, brother! So, we agreed we were going to have a dialogue around the importance of friendship to the spiritual journey. We agreed we were going to host this dialogue via email, to give each of us ample time to reflect on our answers. To start off, maybe you can write a bit about… Continue reading Dialogue on spiritual friendship (with Kyle Hilding)
Author: JHB
Plagiarism as the fulcrum of anarchy
It is a weekday afternoon, and I and a supervisor are sitting down with a student who plagiarized a portion of his essay. The student hasn’t fessed up to his crime, so we are awaiting a fourth party, the school’s tech person, to conclude an investigation into the student’s document history. The atmosphere among myself,… Continue reading Plagiarism as the fulcrum of anarchy
OCD, reverence, moderation
Mantling and the purpose of labels
Fred Rogers meets my 10th grade English teacher
Before beginning his story, my 10th grade English teacher lowers the blinds and dims the lights. On retrospection years later, I will recognize this process as what is called “setting the stage,” segmenting a sensory environment so that when these stories occur, I and my classmates will feel privileged and therefore not spill the beans.… Continue reading Fred Rogers meets my 10th grade English teacher
Jackson Holzberg Buckley 