Month: April 2020
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As Kingfishers Catch Fire: Going Beyond Inscape
As Kingfishers Catch FireBy Gerard Manley Hopkins As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;As tumbled over rim in roundy wellsStones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell’sBow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;Selves — goes…
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The Bear and the Nightingale: Fear as a Fatal Flaw
“The storm is coming, and the frost will be as nothing beside it. Courage will save you. If your people are afraid, then they are lost.” –The Bear and the Nightingale, pp. 128 When an ancient evil threatens her village, it’s up to Vasilia, a young woman gifted with magic, to protect her people from…
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The Cloister Walk: Recapturing the Beauty of Traditions
“Ritual and symbol are as necessary to human beings as air and water. They mark us as human, and give us identity.” -Kathleen Norris, 316 In many modern churches, traditions seem to be at war with growth and progress. Congregations move away from old customs in hopes of keeping up with a changing culture. Hymns…