As Malcolm Guite makes clear, the story of Abraham and Sarah entertaining strangers is the call for us all to do the same. Thus are the barren made fertile.
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Tag Archives: "Holy Thursday"
Made Whole by Their Hospitality
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Blake on Racism and Child Abuse
Blake’s “Little Black Boy,” quoted by Lamott in her latest book, is a complex exploration of racism.
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Our Country, a Land of Poverty
Blake calls out those who claim to be Christians while mistreating the poor.
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Children’s Choirs, Vienna’s and Blake’s
Wednesday Last Friday I was able to see in person the Vienna Children’s choir, which previously I knew only from their recordings. As I listened to the high, pure voices in Sewanee’s cathedral-like All Saints Chapel, I thought of William Blake’s “Holy Thursday” from Songs of Innocence. The poem has some of Blake’s characteristic irony, […]
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Blake on Bible-Citing Politicians
William Blake would strenuously oppose Jeff Sessions Immigration policies.
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The Evangelical Rose Is Sick
Many rightwing evangelicals are selling their souls for Trumpism. William Blake would have something to say about that.
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Cherish the Angel at Your Door
William Blake’s “Holy Thursday” poems challenges those members of Congress voting to cut food stamps.
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