In spite of the January 1st thing, and the various Jewish and Chinese dates, the new year starts when school starts. That is today for me, so Happy New Year! As always we are starting back with a spiritual theme. This year it is the danger of lying. The students will view Mark Twain's
"The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg." Twain was quite an existentialist. It seems to me that he intentionally wrote Hadleyburg (which included a lying, loser pastor) and "The Mysterious Visitor" (with a misunderstood priest) to encourage folks to live in despair. I guess he figured that if he did, they should.
I sometimes think that existential authors are better "evangelists" for their cause than Christians are for theirs. We don't have to write happy endings to communicate world view. We just need to communicate truth. Why are so many authors with Christian convictions authors of fantasy? I don't know, just asking. Actually, it is good to start the new year asking questions.
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