Alice Munro’s “Age of Faith” is a powerful portrait of how children turn to God–and also why they turn away.
Tag Archives: Doubt
Children Wrestling with Faith & Doubt
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Tormented, Torn & Twisted with Doubt
In Levertov’s poem on St. Thomas, she links his doubts with that of the father of the demon-possessed son who comes to Jesus.
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Reach Out, Like Thomas, into the Darkness
R. S. Thomas’s poem about religious doubt calls for a leap of faith in the midst of darkness.
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Let Me Not Love Thee If I Love Thee Not
In threatening God that he will find another master, George Herbert sounds like a five-year-old threatening to run away from his mother. Deep down, he is acknowledging that he has no choice but to love God.
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