tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17323363.post114499580716714232..comments2023-11-02T06:58:35.760-05:00Comments on Flood & Loathing: God, Loyola, and Getting Let GoDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12253833978195558786noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17323363.post-1145139724359381982006-04-15T17:22:00.000-05:002006-04-15T17:22:00.000-05:00Also, I think many of us who do believe in God hav...Also, I think many of us who do believe in God have noticed the, shall we say bent, sense of humor. I have come to the conclusion that God looks at things quite differently than we do, particularly those things that involve difficulty and pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17323363.post-1145138581889898042006-04-15T17:03:00.000-05:002006-04-15T17:03:00.000-05:00You nailed it with, "I can't imagine what it must ...You nailed it with, "I can't imagine what it must be like...to lose that because our government is too inept to build adequate levees and maintain wetlands." <BR/><BR/>It's all been hard just to watch. I can't imagine what it must be like to experience. I feel very grateful that my son's program remains, but badly for those faculty and students who have lost theirs. I can see retracting to traditional liberal arts (even Ignatian) roots, but I was particularly sorry to see the loss of Communications Studies. It was well regarded and is training in disciplines that help provide the links between the knowledge gained in a traditional liberal arts curriculum and the greater world, the paths with which to deploy and disseminate that knowledge and perspective. It seems to me that now and in the near future, more than ever, we need great communicators who went to college in New Orleans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com