September 21, 2019



“Every time we make the decision to love someone, we open ourselves to great suffering,
because those we most love cause us not only great joy but also great pain.
The greatest pain comes from leaving. When the child leaves home,
when the husband or wife leaves for a long period of time or for good,
when the beloved friend departs to another country or dies …
the pain of the leaving can tear us apart.
Still, if we want to avoid the suffering of leaving, we will never experience the joy of loving.
And love is stronger than fear, life stronger than death, hope stronger than despair.
We have to trust that the risk of loving is always worth taking.”

― Henri Nouwen, 
TODAY marks the anniversary of his death in 1996 



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*** Samuel Perry – Addicted
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A Sexual Ethic that is Difficult to Uphold
A Feature Review of Addicted to Lust:
Pornography in the Lives of Conservative Protestants
by Samuel Perry  (Hardback: Oxford UP, 2019)
Reviewed by Joel Wentz

 

Charles Williams – Five Excellent Poems !

Today (Sept. 20) is the birthday of the Inkling Charles Williams, born 1886…
Although Charles Williams is perhaps best known as a novelist and Inkling
(along with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, and others), he was also a poet
who published several collections of poems … We honor his birthday with
five excellent poems by him… (and a FREE ebook of his poetry!)

 

Philip Kolin – Reaching Forever: Poems [ Review ]

The Suffering, The Sinful, and The Saintly. A Review of
Reaching Forever: Poems (Poiema Poetry Series)
by Philip Kolin (Paperback: Cascade Books, 2019.)
Reviewed by Janet McCann

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