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As the Ruin Falls (a poem by CS Lewis) “All this flashy rhetoric about loving you.I never had a selfless thought since I was born.I am mercenary and self-seeking through and through:I want God, you, all friends merely to serve … Continue reading
Skipping Easter
Drinking red juice in tin cups and eating small crusts of dry bread, the seven children stood in a sepia landscape of dry, thistle-ridden fields, those of the Dirty Thirties. Solemnly they played “Holy Communion,” the only recreation deemed acceptable … Continue reading
I Was at the Texas NRA Protest. Media: I Fixed it for You
There was a powerful undercurrent of authentic lament…of fellow-humans coming together to share in tremendous grief. Continue reading
The Marvelous Mary’s of Easter
2. Mother Mary was with him from the Cradle to the Cross and, having initiated his first miracle, she followed Him in ministry and was there at the founding of the early Church (Acts 2). Being commissioned by Jesus to … Continue reading
The MaRvelous, LibeRated, MaRy’s
of Easter Week #1. “A Beautiful Thing…In Memory of Her” The city is swollen with a hundred thousand pilgrims for the annual celebration. Colors are bright, the shouts and singing exuberant, the palm branches waiving ferociously, all accompanied by the … Continue reading
Years, Tears, and Fears
‘Twas the Beginning of Another New Year When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even The Spouse. Grievances were hung By the chimey with care, In self-righteousness, hurt, and a little despair. The children were nestled … Continue reading
I’ve never lived in or near a war zone, but I like to read those who have. My mother’s family members were/are Pacifists; I’m not sure what I am. But I do know war is not new, and it’s not going away. C.S. Lewis writes about war, including “Broadcast Talks” from his famous, regular talks on the BBC Radio during WWII, where “he was the next-recognized voice to Winston Churchill.” You can find them in his masterpiece, “Mere Christianity.”
In many works, Oxford and Cambridge Professor C. S. Lewis references war, wartime, humankind and our propensity for dominance, cruelty and evil–that old-fashioned word, “sin”. “War creates no absolutely new situation: it simply aggravates the permanent human situation so that … Continue reading
The next great task will be to stop being clever.
Clever conveniences cause complications. Continue reading
‘Twas the Beginning of Another New Year When all through the house Not a creature was stirring, Not even The Spouse. Grievances were hung By the chimey with care, In self-righteousness, hurt, and a little despair. The children were nestled … Continue reading
Lady Lorraine 