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I first saw this from a blogger, Shari Abbott. She explains this poem very well. She talks about the poem with its later name, “The Gate of the Year.” She explains that it was “originally titled “God Knows.” The poem was written by Minnie Louise Haskins (1875-1957) and was published in 1908 as…
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“Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord even though I am but dust and ashes.” This verse perfectly encapsulates the notion of “the numinous” that C.S. Lewis writes about in The Problem of Pain. He got the term from a German theologian, Rudolf Otto who wrote immediately after World War I.…
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Nope…not a Christian “that’s the way it ought to be” post. While I love Christmas, it’s special BECAUSE it comes around once a year. There have been plenty of fictional stories, including Disney’s take on this with the nephews of Donald Duck. Huey, Louie and Dewey wish for Christmas to be every day, and they…