Letters On The Page

There are many different responses out there to the saturation of our culture with technology usage and information overload.  I found this group's response to be instructive.   The Postman Pledge  

2023 Tenth Sunday after Trinity Jeremiah 7:1-11; Psalm 92; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Luke 19:41-48 This week I came across a book list called  Recommendations for the Intellectual and Curious . I am no intellectual, but I am curious. So, I gave the list a careful look.  It has a section called “ Books you will never be graded on except by Reality .” The books in that section include St. Augustine’s Confessions, works by Plato, Thomas A Kempis and Cicero.  The section also includes the Biblical books: The Epistles of St. Paul, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Genesis, the Psalms, and the Gospel of John.  My eyes caught this list because the prophet Jeremiah is included.   What does the compiler of this list mean with “graded by Reality?” As I understand what God says to us in His Holy Word, God is the ultimate Reality by which we shall be graded or to use a Biblical word: judged.  The grade is Pass or Fail.  There is no in-between. ...

  This is a book that consists of Letters of Recommendation. The author of these recommendations is one Jason Fitger, a frustrated and often caustic Professor of Creative Writing and Literature in a small midwestern college.  As we learn from loads of extra information that Prof. Fitger shares with the recipients of these letters, whether they need or want it or not, sentences that reveal Fitger as opinionated and frustrated with his college, colleagues, relationship status, students, and his own writing development and reception.     As these Letters of Recommendation ooze snark, disdain, sarcasm, passive aggressive comments, and "did he really write that?" comments, many of the Letters are wickedly hilarious. They also lead the reader to ponder what is going on in education these days.     Prof. Fitger notes that money is clearly being lavishly spent on the sciences and social sciences while the Humanities are merely being kept alive....