News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, It's been a busy week around here. You'll notice our brand new website (more on that in my essay linked below). Many thanks to Dan...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've hit a few technical hiccups on the website transition, but it should be happening soon. Stay tuned! In the meantime, don't...
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Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website! Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website. Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website. Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
News from the Front Porch Republic
Greetings from the Porch, A lot has been happening behind the scenes of the FPR website. Sometime in the next few days, you should see our new site. Please...
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Greetings from the Porch, We have our first round of seeds in the ground, and I'm watching over many starts in our basement. We've had a late spring here,...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've posted the schedule for the fall FPR conference at Baylor and opened registration. We only have 100 tickets available for the...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've had cold--low 20s--and snow flurries this week, but peppers and tomatoes and other vegetables are putting out their first...
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Greetings from the Porch, I've spent the past couple of days in Texas, seeing some old friends and giving talks at Baylor and Dallas Baptist University....
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Greetings from the Porch, Today is the opening day of trout season in PA--if you have a child under 16 fishing with you. In other words, the streams will be...
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Greetings from the Porch, It seems to be a busy time of the semester with lots of talks, student events, and more happening here at Grove City College. And...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've got a date (Oct. 10-11), a location (Baylor University), and a keynote (Matthew Crawford) lined up for our fall conference....
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Greetings from the Porch, I've been traveling this week for Spring Break, so the Water Dipper is briefer today than normal. But you'll also notice that we're...
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Greetings from the Porch, The Wendell Berry conference we hosted at Grove City College last week was a real delight. Many Porchers were in attendance, and it...
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Greetings from the Porch, If you haven't checked FPR's local porches page recently, you might want to do so. We've added a couple of locations in recent...
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Greetings from the Porch, Last week I had a chance to participate in a Hannah Coulter reading group with some local pastors, community members, and students....
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Greetings from the Porch, I got a good report this week from Jay Wright about the local porch in the Dallas area: The Dallas Area Porch had its second...
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Greetings from the Porch, The snow here has given way to rain, and the warm temperatures have me pulling my taps and buckets out of the attic and preparing...
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Greetings from the Porch, It's been bitterly cold this week, but our pipes haven't burst, my morning bicycle commutes are particularly invigorating, and I...
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Greetings from the Porch, I've had a great visit to Lookout Mountain and Covenant College. The recent snow here closed part of the national military park,...
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Greetings from the Porch, Winter has settled in here in western PA, and I'm hoping for an opportunity to do some ice fishing. But I won't be sad to spend a...
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Greetings from the Porch, We received several generous year-end gifts--thanks to all who have supported FPR financially and otherwise! We have some exciting...
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Greetings from the Porch, I trust that many of you have been blessed to celebrate the Christmas holidays with family, friends, good food, and, perhaps, a...
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Greetings from the Porch, This email was held up by our email server this past weekend. So my apologies for the delay... We've been getting good reports from...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've been getting good reports from readers who are enjoying the new issue of Local Culture, and the spring issue is shaping up...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've been getting good reports from readers who are enjoying the new issue of Local Culture, and the spring issue is shaping up...
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Greetings from the Porch, The fall issue of Local Culture should be in the mail by the middle of this coming week. Our printer had some new equipment that...
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Greetings from the Porch, I got up to fish for steelhead in the Lake Erie tributaries this week. It's been a dry year, so this week had some of the first...
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Greetings from the Porch, The fall issue of Local Culture is now at the printers and will hopefully be hitting the mail soon. Below is an update from...
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Greetings from the Porch, This summer, I recorded a set of lectures on Wendell Berry for ClassicalU. Those have now been packaged and released as a course:...
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Greetings from the Porch, Last week, the college's outing club hosted their annual pig roast. The weather was ideal, and it was a treat to enjoy some good...
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Greetings from the Porch, My apologies for the delay in sending out last week's email newsletter; we had a glitch with our account that held up the email,...
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Greetings from the Porch, We're enjoying the fall colors in southern Ohio, at Hocking Hills State Park, for a couple of days en route to Cedarville...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm in Spokane, WA this weekend for a conference at Whitworth on the future of Christian education. As seems to be my wont these...
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Greetings from the Porch, We had a great conference in Grand Rapids last weekend. Thanks to all who made the effort to join us. I reflected briefly on the...
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Greetings from the Porch, When this email lands in your inbox, I'll be in Grand Rapids for what is shaping up to be another lively FPR conference. I'm...
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Greetings from the Porch, The University of Notre Dame Press has once again put together a virtual book table for our fall conference (including a 40% off...
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Greetings from the Porch, There's lots going on these days: school is in full swing, the garden is producing loads of tomatoes and peppers and potatoes and...
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Greetings from the Porch, We still have a few of the free registration slots for students thanks to the generosity of Plough. So if you're a student (or know...
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Greetings from the Porch, For those of you thinking of coming to Grand Rapids this October for the FPR conference, I have two quick notes. First, the block...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've posted the schedule for the October conference in Grand Rapids. In recent years, attendees have asked us to build in a bit...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm not sure how it happened, but the summer seems to be over. Classes begin for us on Monday. I'll miss the more extended time for...
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Greetings from the Porch, Now that we're home, we're enjoying fresh tomatoes, peppers, and more from the garden. All quite delicious. In this week's Water...
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Greetings from the Porch, I had a re-creational time away from the Internet and my normal responsibilities the past few weeks. We got to spend some time with...
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Greetings from the Porch, We've opened up registration for our fall conference on Civility and its Discontents. Ross Douthat will be part of a public...
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Greetings from the Porch, Now that my improved garden fence is keeping the deer at bay, the corn and beans in our garden are shooting up in this spell of...
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Greetings from the Porch, I'm getting reports that subscribers are receiving the current issue of Local Culture in their mailboxes. Our printer had some...
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Greetings from the Porch, Plans are coming together for the fall FPR conference. We should have the conference lineup out and registration open in the next...
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Greetings from the Porch, I was in Phoenix last weekend for a high school graduation. It's a strange, sprawling city, but it definitely has some perks: I...