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The Springboard, Or A Prayer for Finals
The Springboard by Adrienne Rich Like divers, we ourselves must make the jump That sets the taut board bounding underfoot Clean as an axe blade driven in a stump; But afterward what makes the body shoot Into its pure and … Continue reading
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The Power
…Today I was reading about Marie Curie: she must have known she suffered from radiation sickness her body bombarded for years by the element she had purified It seems she denied to the end the source of the cataracts on … Continue reading
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I Think God Moves in People
Sometime before midnight on New Years Eve I found myself nuzzled into the living room couch with another friend who studies theology in graduate school. Amid the dancing, yelling, and clamoring of glasses at the party that surrounded us, she … Continue reading
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Wide White Margins, And A Few Words
On the days when I particularly overwhelmed–when I am convinced that any reform in my church will require at least 10 million perfect words, when I am sure that nothing I can think or say or write will ever make … Continue reading
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