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Nov 9, 2011
What Happens in the Face of Beauty
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We’re covered in paint, and the lawn is too, fenced in brown, the geese calling autumn and trees dropping leaves. Everywhere, color. Color is music for the eyes. We’re finger-painting in the... Read More + |
Oct 28, 2011
Community Post: Embracing the True, the Good, and the Beautiful
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Poetry, photography, film, painting...does the Church care enough about the arts? High Calling member Bob Robinson asks if we've given too much attention to the True and the Good. Read More + |
Aug 12, 2011
Look After You Leap
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I walked past our girls’ room yesterday and saw a book lying open-faced in the chair. On the earmarked page it read, “By the time he was 57, President George Washington was completely Read More + |
Jun 3, 2011
Crammed with Heaven
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In her post "Crammed with Heaven," new member Bristol Huffman writes about pausing to revel in beauty, and how a Psalm burst forth when she did. (Always carry a pencil and paper!) Read More + |
Mar 15, 2011
Beauty Boosts the Bottom Line
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I came late to a theory of the necessity of beauty. I'm a task-driven person who used to put my stainless steel pots on the table as a signal that dinner was served. It was a man who showed me... Read More + |
Jan 18, 2010
When Beauty Transforms
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Introduction to Glynn Young's book review of Makoto Fujimura's Refractions: A Journey of Faith, Art, and Culture. Read More + |
Sep 11, 2009
Tragedy in the Balance
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It is with humor, beauty and support that we partly balance tragedy, if that be possible. Read More + |
Mar 16, 2009
Book Club: Beauty Isn't Poor
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We are all poor in one way or another. We limit ourselves by choosing to believe that we are not capable of more, that we are limited by our environment or our genes or our financial situation Read More + |
Mar 11, 2008
Skyscrapers and Leaves
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“What’s that building?” she asks. “Which one?” I ask. “The dark one there.” She points. “The one with the strange angles that looks like it is leaning.” She points at a gleaming glass-façade... Read More + |
Feb 14, 2006
The Unforgettable Prairie Morning
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Out here in western Iowa where I live, on the eastern emerald cusp of the Great Plains, on some balmy early fall days, it's not hard to believe that we are not where we are. Warm southern breezes... Read More + |
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Daily Reflection From Laity Lodge
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 +
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