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Aug 22, 2011

Breath for the Bones: The Chiaroscuro God

laura boggess

Remember Uncle Max? That hardworking, hard-bitten, shrewd, practical New Zealand apple farmer? In chapter one of Breath for the Bones: Art, Imagination, and Spirit: Reflections on Art and Faith,...

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Aug 15, 2011

Breath for the Bones: Paying Attention--A Way to See

laura boggess

We’ve just returned from the ocean and the rush of the surf is fresh in my ears. Usually—when the holiday is over—we jump right back into life with both feet. But this time, I still have one...

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Aug 11, 2011

Breath for the Bones: Be Brave with Words

laura boggess

It still feels like a risk—this keeping of the journal. I started keeping the secret words in the fifth grade and when I was thirteen my little brother found them.  My treasure trove was hidden...

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Aug 1, 2011

Breath for the Bones: Imagination and Muse

laura boggess

When I was a girl, my brothers and sister and I went for long forays into the woods—often staying out until the last golden rays of sunlight were long spent. We stomped through generations of...

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Jul 25, 2011

Breath for the Bones: Tell Me a Story

laura boggess

I have never met Luci Shaw. Nor did I have the privilege to know her late husband Harold. But when Luci shared the story of Harold’s death in chapter three of Breath for the Bones: Art,...

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Jul 18, 2011

Book Club: Breath for the Bones

laura boggess

“God’s relationship with us surrounds us like a house,” says Luci Shaw.“It is essential, the frame and backdrop for all thinking, doing, being.” Today we begin a new book club discussion on...

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Beauty as a Signpost to God, Part 2

The fact that we can perceive things as beautiful, I believe, points to the existence of a God who loves beauty and created us in his own image. I talked about this in yesterday's reflection. Yet... Read More +