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Obama Finds a Balm in Gilead
Marilynne Robinson I’ve been meaning to write for a while on Marilynne Robinson’s mesmerizing 2006 novel Gilead. I learned recently that it is one of Barack Obama’s favorite novels, which gives me an...
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Depressed about Politics? Read Whitman
I’ve been reading When I Was a Child I Read Books by the always wise Marilynne Robinson, which she opens by applying Walt Whitman’s essay Democratic Virtues to the current state of American politics....
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Destructive Grieving for a Lost America
Cover art by Chris Kalb Yesterday I reported on how Marilynne Robinson, following Walt Whitman, looks to America’s core democratic values to carry its citizens through our turbulent political times. I...
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Acknowledging the Mysteries of Creation
Van Gogh, "Starry Night" Spiritual Sunday As the author of the Pulitzer-winning Gilead, Marilynne Robinson has keen insights into the nature of spirituality. In “Freedom of Thought,” an essay in her...
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Returning Home to Aging Parents
Have you ever thought that the books we obtain from libraries or bookstores sometimes choose us rather than the other way around? That would explain why a books-on-disk version of Marilynne Robinson’s...
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The Deep (Not Scientific) Truth of Genesis
Benjamin West, “Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise” (1791) Spiritual Sunday A recent review of Curtis White’s book The Science Delusion: Asking the Big questions in a Culture of Easy Answers in...
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Though Thou Art in Thy Blood, Live
Rafael, “Ezekiel’s Vision” (note Ezekiel in left hand corner) Spiritual Sunday A couple of weeks ago my library reading group discussed Marilynne Robinson’s Lila, the third novel in what one member...
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Obama Finds a Balm in Gilead
Marilynne Robinson I’ve been meaning to write for a while on Marilynne Robinson’s mesmerizing 2006 novel Gilead. I learned recently that it is one of Barack Obama’s favorite novels, which gives me an...
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Depressed about Politics? Read Whitman
I’ve been reading When I Was a Child I Read Books by the always wise Marilynne Robinson, which she opens by applying Walt Whitman’s essay Democratic Virtues to the current state of American politics....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Destructive Grieving for a Lost America
Cover art by Chris Kalb Yesterday I reported on how Marilynne Robinson, following Walt Whitman, looks to America’s core democratic values to carry its citizens through our turbulent political times. I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Acknowledging the Mysteries of Creation
Van Gogh, "Starry Night" Spiritual Sunday As the author of the Pulitzer-winning Gilead, Marilynne Robinson has keen insights into the nature of spirituality. In “Freedom of Thought,” an essay in her...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Returning Home to Aging Parents
Have you ever thought that the books we obtain from libraries or bookstores sometimes choose us rather than the other way around? That would explain why a books-on-disk version of Marilynne Robinson’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Deep (Not Scientific) Truth of Genesis
Benjamin West, “Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise” (1791) Spiritual Sunday A recent review of Curtis White’s book The Science Delusion: Asking the Big questions in a Culture of Easy Answers in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Though Thou Art in Thy Blood, Live
Rafael, “Ezekiel’s Vision” (note Ezekiel in left hand corner) Spiritual Sunday A couple of weeks ago my library reading group discussed Marilynne Robinson’s Lila, the third novel in what one member...
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The President Who Loved Literature
Barack Obama in Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City, Iowa Tuesday Not the least of the things I will miss about Barack Obama will be his literary reflections. Since I believe, along with Jonathan...
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Genesis: Story Truth, Not Happening Truth
Raphael, “The Creation of Animals” (1515) Spiritual Sunday As today’s lectionary reading is the opening verses from the Bible, I’m reposting a past essay that discusses the kind of truth that one finds...
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A Teacher, Lit, & a Jailed Student
After J Barnett, “Elizabeth Fry reading Bible to Newgate prisoners” Thursday The Atlantic has just reviewed a book that is now on my must-read list. Among other things, Michelle Kuo’s Reading with...
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Obama Finds a Balm in Gilead
Marilynne Robinson I’ve been meaning to write for a while on Marilynne Robinson’s mesmerizing 2006 novel Gilead. I learned recently that it is one of Barack Obama’s favorite novels, which gives me an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Depressed about Politics? Read Whitman
I’ve been reading When I Was a Child I Read Books by the always wise Marilynne Robinson, which she opens by applying Walt Whitman’s essay Democratic Virtues to the current state of American politics....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Destructive Grieving for a Lost America
Cover art by Chris Kalb Yesterday I reported on how Marilynne Robinson, following Walt Whitman, looks to America’s core democratic values to carry its citizens through our turbulent political times. I...
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