Matt Emerson

If you 39 re a student watch what you write Colleges care about what you post Your social media footprint cements itself and may jeopardize your admissions prospects nbsp In quot They Loved Your G P A Then They Saw Your Tweets quot Natasha Singer of the New York Times nbsp says that quot

In 2008 Nick D 39 Aloisio began designing iPhone apps nbsp He was 12 years old quot working quot reports the Wall Street Journal quot on a Mac in his bedroom in the London district of Wimbledon quot He had taken quot no formal computer science classes at school and neither of his parents

Like many throughout the world I 39 ve seen the pictures now materializing on Facebook Buzzfeed and other sites — the pictures of Pope Francis praying with and hugging a man apparently afflicted with neurofibromatosis a genetic disorder that causes tumors to grow on nerve tissue The images are

Posting as I rsquo ve done recently about spiritual autobiographies has got me thinking about one of the most influential books I rsquo ve ever read in any genre Pope Benedict XVI rsquo s nbsp Introduction to Christianity Published in 1968 when Pope Benedict was Cardinal Ratzinger I read it fir

Last week as regular readers know I asked people to recommend works in the field of spiritual autobiography or any book essay article in the genre of ldquo faith journey rdquo I supplied my initial list and I asked for additional selections both within the Roman Catholic Tradition and without

Dear Readers I need your depth and insight I 39 m working on a project for both my teaching and writing and for it I need a list of readings in the field of spiritual autobiography Because of that I 39 m asking for your recommendations It could be a book an essay or an article anything re

When I was in grade- and high school math was my arch-intimidator I didn 39 t enjoy it and at some point I decided I wasn 39 t a quot math person quot It felt like a game I couldn 39 t master In English and history and all the subjects that called for weighing and balancing and writing I

“Thinking of education in terms of planting seeds invites me to pray for a saintly kind of patience.”