BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

BY FAITH WE UNDERSTAND

Proof of what is unseen.

ABOUT MARK WARD

One More

Just one more sad, sad quote from Nothing to Envy: Dr. Kim staggered up the riverbank. Her legs were numb, encased in frozen trousers. She made her way through the woods until the first light of dawn illuminated the outskirts of a small village. She didn’t want to sit down and rest—she feared succumbing to hypothermia—but she knew she didn’t have the strength to go much farther. She would have to take a chance on the kindness of the local residents. Dr. Kim looked down a dirt road that led to...

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The Great Vituperator

A sadly funny excerpt from Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea: Mi-ran’s mother later told her that four of her father’s buddies in the mines, fellow South Koreans, had been executed for minor infractions, their bodies dumped in mass graves. Being a member of the hostile class meant you would never get the benefit of the doubt. A sarcastic inflection when referring to Kim Il-sung or a nostalgic remark about South Korea could get you in serious trouble. It was especially taboo to...

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Chronological Snobbery

I don’t want to be, but I think I’ve been stuck in what C.S. Lewis calls “chronological snobbery.” I pick up an old book—most recently, Ferdinand de Saussure’s Course in General Linguistics—and I can’t really read it without my fingers crossed. I can never shake the suspicion that the science of whatever it is I’m reading about has progressed so far by now that I am wasting my time on old arguments. I do not feel this way when reading Jonathan Edwards—or C.S. Lewis, for that matter. And I know...

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International Microsoft OneNote Appreciation Month is This Month, from April 2 to April 13th!

Limerick: There once was a big dissertation Filled with fact after asseveration. But the skull of the writer Was getting much tighter: No outlets for his cogitation! Ode: Oh, OneNote, perfect system of filing! Your skills are oh so beguiling! I end all my study sessions smiling! All of my thoughts and arguments you are stockpiling! Song: OneNote, OneNote, the only program for me! Microsoft hit a home run—yes, finally! You search all my tittles and jots! You save all my screenshots! You OCR...

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