Mary Oliver’s “Wild Geese” works as a Lenten poem but departs from medieval notions of what Lent involves.
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A Mary Oliver Poem for Lent
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The Stable Is Our Heart
L’Engle’s “Into the Darkest Hour” promises hope when everything is falling apart.
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Handmaid’s Tale Comes a Step Closer
We’re a step closer to “The Handmaid’s Tale.” But can find strength from “A Wrinkle in Time.”
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A Different Way to Observe Lent
Madeleine L’Engle breaks with stereotyped version of Lent in the 1966 lyric.
Help Me Forget the Cold
L’Engle’s poem “The Winter Is Cold, Is Cold” describes a frozen heart that can melt only if it is willing to take a risk and love.
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When the Maker of the Stars Was Born
In this Advent poem, L’Engle reminds us to sing, not in spite of times being dark, but BECAUSE times are dark.
Mothering Jesus
Spiritual Sunday – Mother’s Day For Mother’s Day, here are three Madeleine L’Engle poems about Mary and Jesus following the crucifixion. I love how they focus on Mary as mother. Three daysWhen you agree to be the mother of GodYou make no conditions, no stipulations.You flinch before neither cruel thorn nor rod.You accept the tears; […]
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Why an Af-Am Meg Is Important
Having an African American Meg in the film version of Wrinkle in Time adds an important dimension to the novel.
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Only after Pain Comes Life
For Mother’s Day, here’s a Madeleine L’Engle poem about Jesus’s mother experiencing the crucifixion and then the resurrection. In it we see both the joys and the heartbreak that come with an unconditional mother’s love.
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