Uncategorized – Ellen Kolb

“Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way”

My discovery of Frances Parkinson Keyes’s Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way was providential. This warm and affectionate account of the life of Thérèse of Lisieux brought the saint to life for me as no account has done before. This true story is written with a novelist’s sense of drama and an historian’s eye forContinue reading ““Thérèse: Saint of a Little Way””

Open Book: a classic outside a classroom

Greek amphora decorated with images of warriors from the story of the Iliad

I was casual about the reading lists from my English courses in high school. “Recommended” reading looked different to me from required reading. I interpreted recommended as “not quite assigned.” When I read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology – the required starting point for what was at the time a 3-year Advanced Placement English curriculum – IContinue reading “Open Book: a classic outside a classroom”

A few Giving Tuesday ideas

December and Advent begin on the same day this year. A couple of days later comes December 3, Giving Tuesday, when nonprofit organizations try to elevate their profiles a bit in the wake of the heavy-duty commerce of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. You’re probably getting messages from your favorite nonprofit organizations about Giving Tuesday.Continue reading “A few Giving Tuesday ideas”