Since the time I
first heard it in high school, I always liked the sound of the name “Venerable Bede.” He was a monk in
England who wrote a history of the church in 731 A.D., and he is actually
venerated by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the
Anglican Communion, and the Lutheran Church. Malcolm Guite has written a
delightful sonnet about him.
Does the church
consider people expendable? Read Ed Cyzewski’s post on it. Ever wonder what
happened to Queen Susan in The Chronicles
of Narnia? Matthew Alderman at First Things has an answer. Mick Silva puts
his finger on the No. 1 writing problem, and how to fix it. And an insightful
article at The New York Times on
corporate America’s fixation on the millennial – a mythical creation.
And a wonderful
video on the known universe from the American Museum of Natural History.
Life and Culture
In Praise of the Purposeless Ramble – Chris Yokel.
Corporate America Chases the Mythical
Millennial – Farhad
Manjoo at The New York Times.
Faith
People Are Expendable: My Root Struggle
with the Church – Ed
Cyzewski.
Why Community is Dangerous: An Interview
with Stanley Hauerwas – Plough Magazine.
People of No Religion Outnumber Christians
in Wales and England – The Guardian.
Whatever Happened to Susan Pevensie? – Matthew Alderman at First Things.
Art and Photography
How to Read a Renaissance Painting – Lucy Chiswell at the Royal Academy of
Arts.
Ice and Fire – Tim Good at Fine Art America.
Gustave Dore’s “The Burial of Sarah” – An
Epic in a Single Frame –
Russ Ramsey at The Rabbit Room.
Poetry
Sun Day – Jerry Barrett at Gerald the Writer.
Theophilus Kewk – D.S. Martin at Kingdom Poets.
“Neruda” the Film – Maureen Doallas at Writing Without
Paper.
“The Lily-Light I’ve Been Given” –
Introducing Poet J.L. Jacobs
– Lara at Girls in a Tight Place.
A sonnet for the Venerable Bede – Malcolm Guite.
Writing
The Backside Blessings of Blogging – Barry York at Gentle Reformation.
The #1 Writing Problem I See – and How to
Fix It – Mick Silva.
The Known Universe – American Museum of
Natural History
Painting: Quentin Bell Reading, oil on
canvas by Vanessa Bell; 1936-1938; Monk’s House, Rodmell, East Sussex.
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