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A Poem for Sunday: A fragment of Easter
I wrote this about fifteen years ago, shortly after reading that Edgar Allen Poe occasionally wrote the middle of his poems first and then worked backwards and forwards from that central thought. Sadly, his technique did not work for me. … Continue reading
Tagged Death, God, Hell, Inspiration, Love, Poetry
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Love, Insulation, and Speaking to be Heard
I read about a Swedish band; they sing their songs in English because it insultates them from lyrics that would be too raw, too painful to sing otherwise. It made me think of birthday cards, of poems written by machines, … Continue reading
Tagged Beauty, Decay, Inspiration, Love, Pop Culture, Postmodernism, Writing
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Christians and Science
There is a lot of talk today about the difference between science and religion, about the gulf between the Christian and the scientist, the chasm that separates faith from fact. There is a tone to the rhetoric that suggests that … Continue reading
The Best Story, the True Myth, a poem
Over at Bittersweet Life, Ariel has posted a poem about the choice we make each day in how we see the world. Here’s a snippet: Every story that has inner beauty, That strikes a note and holds it In our … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Faith, God, Inspiration, Life in general, Love, Poetry, The Unlived Life, Writing
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Taking Issue with C. S. Lewis
I’m treading on dangerous ground here, but I think C. S. Lewis has something wrong. In The Weight of Glory we come across this passage, which also appears as an excerpt in the Wikipedia deinition of Sehnsucht. In speaking of … Continue reading
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Tagged C. S. Lewis, Death, Faith, God, Holy Scripture, Inspiration, Language, Obedience, Religion, Salvation, Scripture, Theology, Witnessing, Writing
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On writing
Here’s a struggler for the muse, looking for the rush of insight, the thrust and turn of thought, meme blades seeking out the real, the true, the blood to spill onto a page. Here’s a wonderer, sitting at a keyboard, … Continue reading
Tagged Fiction, Inspiration, Language, Poetry
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