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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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Superheroes for the Real World: An Extended Universe

But at present I am not losing any sleep over Penguin or Joker or Loki. I’m losing sleep over pressing problems right here in the ol’ real world. So: what if we had superheroes aimed a little more directly at day-to-day, same-size-as-life troubles?

Debra RienstraJuly 15, 2017

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Preparedness is Key

With everything going on in the news this week, we might as well come right out and discuss what we’re all thinking about anyway: the apocalypse.

Debra RienstraMay 20, 2017

liturgical year silly

Reformation Day at the Kids-These-Days Cafe

INT. KIDS THESE DAYS CAFÉ, HEAVEN – ETERNAL DAY Small clusters of saints in white robes, vaguely glowing, chatter convivially around heavy wood tables in a cozy bistro. The bright robes contrast with the dark wood paneling, rough ceiling timbers, and flagstone floors. Though everyone…

Debra RienstraOctober 28, 2016

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The Pitter Patter of …. Oh That’s Just Disgusting

Then we realized, as we hiked deeper in, that caterpillars were everywhere. On the leaves, on the trail, even hanging over the trail from little silken threads. They were writhing in large moving groups on branches crossing the trail. They were congregating slimily on certain…

Debra RienstraSeptember 3, 2016

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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?

Superheroes for the Real World: An Extended Universe

Preparedness is Key

Reformation Day at the Kids-These-Days Cafe

The Pitter Patter of …. Oh That’s Just Disgusting

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