Early in Mark, Jesus’s family thinks he is insane–but sanity, as Wendell Berry notes in “Manifesto: Man Farmer’s Liberation Front,” is sometimes overrated.
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Wendell Berry’s Mad Farmer and Jesus
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Imagining a New Creation
In “Green Gospel,” Gatta imagines notions of sin and salvation applied to nature.
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To Know the Dark, Go Dark
If Wendell Berry’s “To Know the Dark” is about exploring depression, then Thomas Moore in “Care of the Soul” has some interesting ideas on the subject.
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Earth Day: Enriching the Earth
Wendell Berry’s “Enriching the Earth” is a good poem with which to celebrate Earth Day.
Poetry Defending Violated Nature
Romantic poet John Clare would had had strong words about Trumpist attacks on our national parks.
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We Are Losing Touch with the Earth
Berry’s “Remembering” is a stinging attack on big agriculture. It touches on personal issues as well.
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