Wed, Jan 20 2021

I've been thinking about Barbara Tuchman's medieval history, A Distant Mirror, over the past couple of weeks. The book is a masterful work of anti-romance, a cold-eyed look at how generations of aristocrats and royalty waged one of the longest wars…

To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. We were told that it is dangerous to touch And yet we journeyed here, where what we believe Meets what must be done. You want to see, in spite…

Audio will be available later today. Filmmaker Ken Burns has spent his career documenting American history, and he always considered three major crises in the nation's past: The Civil War, the Depression and World War II. Then came the…

Makoto Fujimura is a painter and the author of several books on the intersection of Christianity, culture, and the arts. Most recently he's published Art and Faith: A Theology of Making. In this episode of the podcast, Mako describes his calling as…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Council of Bishops of The United Methodist Church is joining the global community in mourning the death of Africa University Vice Chancellor Professor Munashe Furusa, who died last week on January 13, 2021 after a short…