Tag: Beauty

From Ashes to Beauty

From Ashes to Beauty

March 30, 2022 by in Arts, Bible, Culture, Easter, Holy Week, Religion 0 comments

“Moses saw that the bush was on fire, but it was not burning up.” (Ex 3:2) Then, that fire of God’s Spirit began to burn on in Moses to free God’s people and bring them to a new land. This is God’s way. Recently another devastating summer bushfire came close to where I live when more than 2000 Ha (5000 acres) […]

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“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe: The Madness of Nevermore

February 6, 2020 by in Book Review, Poetry 0 comments

There is something of the madman in every man. There is something of the sadist in every sinner. Is there something of ecstasy in every elegy? So it was with Edgar Allan Poe—and he called it Beauty. It often takes a poet—a poet like Poe—to exhume the mysterious depravity of people. As churchgoers lean into Lent in the last clawing […]

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