It’s been a dark year, wouldn't you say, what some have called the year of fear - disease, wars, refugees, all too much ugliness, violence, and generally un-evolved humanity. Into that story of darkness and fear, the world as we often experience it, comes God-with-us: the Christmas story in all its wildness and weirdness (yes,… Continue reading Have yourself an untamed Christmas
I read this punch-in-the-gut story in today's Globe and Mail of a young girl terribly bullied and driven to plastic surgery that made me want to scream! I'm not blaming the girl. She's beaten down by a society sick with perfection. I'm furious with this circus of painted-faces and altered bodies, ill with this illusion of… Continue reading Bullied by “pretty”
After church on Sunday, I caught a bit of Michael Enright's The Sunday Edition on CBC. It was an encore presentation that included an extended piece on the resurgence of interest and acclaim in Emily Dickinson's poetry (you can listen to it here). Apparently, Emily Dickinson is having "a cultural moment." I listened with curiosity… Continue reading The discipline of verse
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