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- Psaltery & Lyre’s New Site
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- Book Review: Philip Metres’s Sand Opera
- 121 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Horsehead Nebula”
- Book Review: Monica Ong’s Silent Anatomies
- 120 Psaltery & Lyre: Rachael Matthews, “Return, pt. III” and “Gaia”
- Book Review: Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely
- Book Review: Matthea Harvey, If the Tabloids Are True What Are You?
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Christmas Archive
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On Being a Christmasist
Posted on December 19, 2012 | 11 CommentsIn the three years since I lost faith in Mormonism, I’ve tried on more than a few labels to describe my spiritual alignment: agnostic, atheist, humanist. I’m not content with any of them. It’s not that they are wrong, necessarily, but each fails to capture […] -
Behold, the Condescension of God
Posted on December 18, 2012 | 5 CommentsO Come, all ye faithful. O Come, all ye doubtful. Come, all ye sorrowful and shameful and prideful and sinful. You are never so low, but that He has gone lower. You are never so lost but that He will seek you out. -
Encounters: We Are All Beggars
Posted on December 10, 2012 | 3 CommentsWhen we see physical need in others, it is merely an external manifestation of an inner need we all carry. -
Santa and I
Posted on December 22, 2011 | 7 CommentsThe year I turned four or five, we drove to my grandparents in central Wisconsin for Christmas. Actually, we did this for most years of my early childhood- until I was 8 or so and we moved to Florida. Making the 1100 mile […] -
Wish I Had A River
Posted on December 25, 2010 | 4 CommentsTaking a break this week but I want to share just a little something anyway. Because it’s Christmas and not everyone feels warm and cozy today. Some may be as far from those they love as the moon is far from the earth. I’m thinking […] -
Christmas Break
Posted on December 23, 2010 | No CommentsWe'll be back on Thursday 30th December - but for now - 'Happy Christmas'! -
Christmas cards and family newsletters
Posted on December 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe following post was written by Sara W. on her personal blog two years ago. I read it then, loved it, and remembered it this year as I sat down to write our annual Christmas letter. So I asked her if we could […]