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Open Book: Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
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It is easy to see God in nature — the beauty, the intricacy. Now consider: 10% of all the world’s species are parasitic insects. They live by causing death and sickness to other creatures. What kind of God resides in that world-view? Join Lori Strawn and Alice Shelton as they tackle Annie Dillard’s brilliant and…
Open Book: e.e. Cummings
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Most of us know the story of the Good Samaritan, but have you ever thought about what it takes to be that person? On today’s show, Lori Strawn and Alice Shelton contemplate and discuss e.e. Cummings’ trenchant poem “A Man Who Had Fallen Among Thieves.” Listen for discussion on the price of charity and the…
Open Book: The Beatitudes from the Gospel of St. Matthew
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We all have our favorite places to hide and seek in the world’s most wonderful piece of literature – the Bible! Today Lori Strawn and Alice Shelton share their thoughts and responses to the Beatitudes from the Gospel of St. Matthew. Hope you will join in! LISTEN NOW!
Open Book: Gerard Manley Hopkins’ “Pied Beauty”
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“Glory be to God for dappled things”…so begins Hopkins’ sublime and thoughtful ode to the types of things most poets avoid — the imperfect, the strange, the ordinary. Where can we find God in those things about ourselves that we’d rather avoid? How can we learn to glorify those traits in others? Listen in as…
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