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Conference of the Creatures

“Creatures, our free forty minutes are almost up. So I just want to encourage you all and review our mission objectives. It’s been great to have some relief from the humans for a while, but this is all for a bigger purpose."

Debra RienstraApril 18, 2020

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Biblical Quarantines: A Survey

What I’m saying is that even if you are now cooped up in the house with small, rambunctious children who behave like monkeys, things could be worse.

Debra RienstraMarch 21, 2020

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Pious Petunia [Hearts] U

t’s time once again to welcome guest blogger and advice columnist Pious Petunia, offering timely wisdom and incisively soothing commentary on modern romance.

Debra RienstraFebruary 8, 2020

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Children’s Classics Updated for the Age of Climate Chaos

Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, “I am running away!” “If you run away,” said his mother, “I will come along. Because our homeland is now far too hot and drought-ridden for our people…

Debra RienstraOctober 26, 2019

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The College Syllabus: An Annotated Guide

For all you college students out there, it’s time to gird up your binders and get ready for a parade of professors thrusting their course syllabi at you. On the off chance that you will actually read these syllabi—my research shows that only about one-third…

Debra RienstraAugust 31, 2019

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Let’s Make Ordinary Time Extraordinary Again

Good news, bad news. The good news is that tomorrow is Pentecost, so we get to sing Spirit-centric songs and think about exciting things like rushing wind, tongues of flame, and sudden outbreaks of multilingualism. The bad news is that after tomorrow, the liturgical year…

Debra RienstraJune 8, 2019

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How To Achieve Syllabus Efficiency

On a typical day, I prepare to teach three different texts for the three courses I’m currently teaching: Shakespeare, Early British Literature, and introductory creative writing. This seems inefficient, don’t you think? What if I could prepare only one reading for all three courses?

Debra RienstraOctober 27, 2018

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The Semiotics of Protest: A New Primer

Since we have entered the Age of Resistance, it’s important to keep one’s protest muscles well-toned. With all the marching, kneeling, standing, sitting, walking out, gesturing, and pumping of hand-lettered placards up and down—not to mention furious typing on Twitter—ordinary citizenship in the United States…

Debra RienstraMay 26, 2018

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Inappropriate Halloween Costumes

Hence, I set all niceties aside and present my suggestions for inappropriate Halloween costumes especially for church people. Deploy these with relish on that most wickedest of holidays, All Hallow’s Eve, and join in the gasp-inducing fun.

Debra RienstraOctober 20, 2017

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Whooooo Does Macramé Anymore? Whoooo?

Project: make a macramé plant hanger. Burning questions: Could I do it? And does crafting relieve anxiety?

Debra RienstraJuly 29, 2017

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Conference of the Creatures

Biblical Quarantines: A Survey

Pious Petunia [Hearts] U

Children’s Classics Updated for the Age of Climate Chaos

The College Syllabus: An Annotated Guide

Let’s Make Ordinary Time Extraordinary Again

How To Achieve Syllabus Efficiency

The Semiotics of Protest: A New Primer

Inappropriate Halloween Costumes

Whooooo Does Macramé Anymore? Whoooo?

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