Scott Bates points out the multicultural aspects of the Nativity in “Christmas at the Courthouse.”
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The Real Story of Christmas
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Blog Fragments Shored against My Ruins
In which apply a line from T.S. Eliot’s “Waste Land” to this very blog and suddenly understand the project in a new way.
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Memories of Being Read To
This Scott Bates Christmas poem celebrates reading together before an open fire. Many of the children’s classics I grew up with, it so happens, have an environmental theme.
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Meek and Mild Mary? Think Again
Mary is more eager and diligent risk-taker than a meek and mild maiden, according to Levertov, C.S. Lewis, and Christopher Bryan.
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An Owl Poem for Winter Solstice
A Mary Oliver owl poem to celebrate the winter solstice.
The Green Knight and Plague Fears
The message of the Green Knight: love nature, love your bodies, and love life. People who don’t are often driven by their fear of life’s transience.
