Good Humans Wanted A few days ago, I listened to Megyn Kelly press the investor Chamath Palihapitiya on the fear we all feel about artificial intelligence. The machines are coming for our jobs, our kids, our future. She named it honestly. He pushed back hard, and one line stuck with me. He said the computerContinueContinue reading “The Human On Top”
Author Archives: Marc Casciani
Father Serves Best
Happy Father’s Day It’s Father’s Day, and as I looked back on my week, I expected to remember the gifts I received. Instead, I kept remembering two gifts I gave. Not gifts wrapped in paper. Gifts wrapped in time, in gas mileage, in interrupted plans. Two ordinary acts of serving my children. Here is theContinueContinue reading “Father Serves Best”
The War on Broadway
Belmont University is a Christ-centered university with a statue of Jesus standing at the geographic center of its campus. Last Thursday, my daughter Jarah and I drove to Nashville. Jarah is on her way to orientation. It was the fifth time in four years we’d made that trip. The first time, she didn’t even knowContinueContinue reading “The War on Broadway”
MindWolves Podcast Episode 2: When the Story Doesn’t End the Way You Wanted
Me handing my daughter, Jarah, her diploma and surprising her with a stuffed Toothless dragon from How to Train Your Dragon. Pip: MindWolves is a site that tends to show up right when you need it most — which is either a sign of good editorial instincts or a very unsettling algorithm. Mara: Marc CascianiContinueContinue reading “MindWolves Podcast Episode 2: When the Story Doesn’t End the Way You Wanted”
When the Story Doesn’t End the Way You Wanted
Me handing my daughter, Jarah, her diploma and surprising her with a stuffed Toothless dragon from How to Train Your Dragon. You loved someone, and now they’re gone. Maybe they walked away. Maybe you did. Maybe the friendship just dissolved, slow and quiet, until one day you realized it was over, and no one hadContinueContinue reading “When the Story Doesn’t End the Way You Wanted”
Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 69 – The Sixth Grader Who Named Moderation His Favorite Virtue
Neighborly Love is an original podcast by MindWolves, in partnership with Penn Woods Classical Academy, that explores the integration of classical education with teaching what it means to be a neighbor. Through biblical wisdom, meaningful stories, and practical insight, host Marc Casciani highlights the values that guide Penn Woods: faith, virtue, and community. Parents exploringContinueContinue reading “Neighborly Love Podcast, Episode 69 – The Sixth Grader Who Named Moderation His Favorite Virtue”
MindWolves Podcast Episode 1: The Return of the Family
The Family Wins Pip: MindWolves, where the questions worth asking tend to start somewhere unexpected — like a man with a homemade gun in a crowd of a hundred thousand people. Mara: Marc Casciani is writing this week about what holds civilization together at the smallest possible scale: the family, the marriage, the daily decisionContinueContinue reading “MindWolves Podcast Episode 1: The Return of the Family”
The Return of the Family
The Family Wins He heard the voice before he ever pulled the trigger. On March 15, 1959, a young man stood in a crowd of 143,000 people at the Melbourne Cricket Ground with a homemade gun hidden under his jumper. His name was George Palmer. He led a gang of ten, and he had notContinueContinue reading “The Return of the Family”
She Almost Didn’t Try Out
Pine-Richland High School Performs Chicago: Teen Edition at the Gene Kelly Awards (Benedum Center, Pittsburgh, PA – 5/23/26) Last evening, under the lights of the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, my daughter stood on that stage as Pine-Richland was named Outstanding Musical at the Gene Kelly Awards. Eight wins out of eleven nominations. In addition toContinueContinue reading “She Almost Didn’t Try Out”
Tend the Garden
Franklin, Family, and the Faith That Built America He walked down Market Street with three bread rolls. One under each arm. One in his mouth. A seventeen-year-old runaway. Hungry. Tired. Nearly broke. Three hundred miles from home and not a single recommendation in his pocket. That boy would become Benjamin Franklin. Inventor. Diplomat. Founder. TheContinueContinue reading “Tend the Garden”