The life of a pastors wife in midcentury midwest involved missionary
work and potlucks but also social clubs to discuss books and hear
lectures about graphonalysis.
Category Archives: Religion
Ra Ra Ra
Zen Buddhism became popular in post WWII San Francisco, especially among beat poets like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Tram Combs. The influence of Zen extended into cookbooks, when Edward Espe Brown began baking at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
It’s Two
The Seminary Coop Bookstore began in 1961 when a small group of students grouped
together to buy academic books at a discount. In 2013 it moved from the basement
of the Chicago Theological Seminary to the McGiffert House, a former CTS dormitory.
This is An
A PK is a Pastor’s Kid. A PGK is a Pastor’s Grandkid. A Super PGK, has
grandparents and great grandparents as Ministers and Divinity School Professors.
A Pair of New Clogs
Although attachment to material things causes suffering, sometimes a pair of clogs can bring happiness, at least temporarily.
Paul Mason Fotsch 