New Hymns and Children—Dr. Carl Daw, Jr.

New Hymns and Children—Dr. Carl Daw, Jr.

Dr. Carl Daw, Jr. of the Boston University School of Theology explains how children can give new hymns a head start in finding their way into the hearts and voices of congregations.

Marmee & Louisa: Temple School

Marmee & Louisa: Temple School

Louisa May Alcott’s father, the philosopher Bronson Alcott, devised his own approach to education, which he experiment with in a school he created and with his own family. At the Temple School, he worked with great female minds and innovators of the 19th century, including Margaret Fuller and Elizabeth Palmer Peabody. Includes excerpts from “Marmee and Louisa” by Eve LaPlante

Peter Sellars on the Music of Bach

Peter Sellars on the Music of Bach

Peter Sellars speaks of the redemptive power of Bach’s music as part of his keynote address, “The Call of Culture,” given at The Mary Baker Eddy Library’s tenth-anniversary celebration.