In his encounter with the blind man in John, Jesus shifts the focus away from the man and towards our response. An Edwina Gately poem accentuates the point.
Monthly Archives: March 2020
God’s Ask: Listen, Wonder, Hope & Pray
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A Hopeful Spring Poem for Dark Times
Katherine Mansfield’s “Very Early Spring” signals hope–although it’s a very tentative hope.
Journal of a Plague Year
Defoe’s “Journal of the Plague Year” has many unsettling parallels with our current situation.
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Pale Horse, Pale Rider–in 1918 and Now
Katherine Anne Porter’s novella about the 1918 flu epidemic may give us a glimpse into our own immediate future.
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Not Poe’s Red Death but Still Dangerous
Poe’s “Masque of the Red Death” captures the belief that we can wall out epidemics and then dance the night away.
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To Understand COVID-19, Read Camus
Camus’s “The Plague” provides insights into our own coronavirus.
The Plague Full Swift Goes By
While COVID-19 is not the Bubonic plague, Thomas Nashe’s “Litany in Time of Plague” is a reminder to focus on what’s important.
Curl Up with a Good Book
This Scott Bates poem celebrates curling up with a good book.
Biden vs. Bernie, Aeneas vs. Turnus
To apply a classic allusion to the Democratic primaries, think of Joe Biden as Aeneas and Bernie Sanders as his foe Turnus. Aeneas wins the battle, Turnus the war.
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