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The Royal Advent

I’m a sucker for a good Christmas hymn. Carols are fun, but a Christmas hymn hits the spot. There are fewer Advent hymns (“Joy to the World” and “O Come, O Come, Immanuel” come to mind), but that’s to be expected. I never heard much about Advent as a child. I was a young adult […]

Angry Trees

Rooted In and Branching Out Trees are beautiful. I’ve been fascinated with them for a long time. Some of my favorite books at home are about trees. Maybe my love of birds branched out (puns always intended) from that arboreal interest. I used to pore through field guides while other kids were reading comics. The […]

Thomas Merton and the Strange Little God in My Head

As far as I know, C.S. Lewis mentioned Thomas Merton at least twice in his letters. Writing to Dom Bede Griffiths on 12/20/61, Lewis asked him, “Have you read anything by an American Trappist called Thomas Merton? I’m at present on his No Man Is an Island. It is the best new spiritual reading I’ve […]

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