Category: Authors
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Suffering in Fath
A friend shared this with me today, and in it I am reminded of all those who are my heroes in perseverance and hope. Thank you, friends. http://www-tc.pbs.org/video/media/swf/PBSPlayer.swf Watch the full episode. See more Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly.
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"What Sort of Tale"
I began Ralph Woods’ The Gospel According to Tolkein today. Many of my friends took his class on fantasy literature while students at Wake Forest University. I too am a fan. Below is an excerpt from an article he wrote on Lord of the Rings called “Frodo’s Faith” which you can read…
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"The Pulley" by George Herbert
When God at first made man,Having a glasse of blessings standing by;Let us (said he) poure on him all we can:Let the worlds riches, which dispersed lie,Contract into a span. So strength first made a way;Then beautie flow’d, then wisdome, honour, pleasure:When almost all was out, God made a stay,Perceiving…
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The Chaste Beams of the Watery Moon
If you hadn’t noticed, the Moon is full today. Oberon, in a Midsummer’s Night Dream says the Moon is ‘watery’. Indeed, from our vantage point, it looks to be covered in lakes. Even the ancients noticed the effect the Moon had on the tides. Luna was even imagined to ride…
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Love is Free?
“The revolt against vows has been carried in our day even to the extent of a revolt against the typical vow of marriage. It is most amusing to listen to the opponents of marriage on this subject. They appear to imagine that the ideal of constancy was a yoke mysteriously…
Backward Mutters 