Erdrich’s “Sermon to the Snakes” in “Last Report of the Miracles at Little No Horse” probes the question of whether God’s love drives the universe.
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Erdrich, Snakes, and the Transfiguration
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Flannery O’Connor on Lenten Despair
Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” works as a powerful Lenten meditation upon doubt and salvation.
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A Good Faith Is Hard To Find
Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a profound meditation on doubt and faith.
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God Dwells in Mercy, Pity, Peace, Love
Pope Francis ! might well embrace the vision of love found in Blake’s “Divine Image.”
Pope Retires but Keeps Perks? Hmm
Some of Pope Benedict’s retirement demands sound like King Lear’s.
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How to Imagine Peace
For Levertov, peace is made in the act of imagining it.
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Things Fall Apart in Bishops vs. Nuns
Achebe’s “Things Fall Apart” contrasts rigid and tolerant Christianity in ways that will benefit our own society.
Ryan, Abortion, and Hardy’s Angel Clare
Paul Ryan may resemble Angel Claire in Hardy’s “Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” but there’s a vicar who shows us a better way of dealing with a “fallen” woman.
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A Fantasy about the Vatican and Condoms
The Pope’s endorsement of condoms to stop the spread of disease last November prompted the following light poem by Scott Bates.
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