About: Olive Twist
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- I am a writer of spiritual memoir and character sketches, and consider myself to be sort of a “wounded healer”. I have a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. I have chosen this pen name, because I lived in orphanages and foster homes during my childhood years.
Posts by Olive Twist:
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October 14, 2019 My New Book in Print
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September 23, 2019 Two landscapes of Mallorca, Spain — Artist Ruben de Luis, oil paintings and watercolours.
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September 23, 2019 Just Thankful…
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March 14, 2018 The Last Dance
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July 1, 2017 In My Father’s House
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June 12, 2017 Peace Be Unto You…
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April 29, 2017 For My Poppy with Love…
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April 24, 2017 My Father’s Voice
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April 22, 2017 Three Angels
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April 16, 2017 Mallorca Daily Photo: Good Friday
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April 15, 2017 Good Friday Thoughts
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December 24, 2015 The Magi of Mallorca
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December 21, 2015 The Wonder of Christmas (and the Song of Judgment Day)
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December 17, 2015 Shakespeare on Christmas
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July 15, 2015 Kierkegaard Quote That Stuck Me
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July 15, 2015 From “The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien”
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June 30, 2015 Oliver Twist, Divine Child: A Jungian Interpretation
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June 21, 2015 For My Poppy…
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May 26, 2015 Your Cross – St Francis de Sales
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May 9, 2015 Fr. Seraphim Rose on “Existential” Atheism
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May 7, 2015 Fr. Seraphim Rose on the Characteristics of the “New Man”
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May 7, 2015 Fr. Seraphim Rose on the Characteristics of the “New Man”
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April 24, 2015 A Broken Family
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April 5, 2015 Mallorcan Easter Traditions
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December 28, 2014 Nondenominational Cookies
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December 17, 2014 ¡Neules y Navidad!
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November 30, 2014 Dying Traditions: Christmas Caroling
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September 13, 2014 The Olive Grove
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June 15, 2014 Fitzgerald and Didion on “Cracking Up”
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June 13, 2014 Ian Parker Portrays a Man of Polarizations
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May 1, 2014 Dreaming of Middle Earth
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April 28, 2014 Our Father Who Art in Spain
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April 28, 2014 Common Sense Customs
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March 17, 2014 The Pencil
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March 17, 2014 Frozen Tears
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March 15, 2014 Love Took My Hand
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March 14, 2014 Book Samples for My Readers…
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March 14, 2014 Frozen Tears
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January 16, 2014 Favorite Quote by Black Elk
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January 11, 2014 The Hand of God?
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January 2, 2014 In My Father’s House
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December 18, 2013 There’s Something About Mary…
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December 18, 2013 Jesus the Strong Man
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November 13, 2013 Butterfly for Breakfast
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November 12, 2013 Angels of Days Past
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November 6, 2013 The Never-Ending Story
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November 4, 2013 Wings of Sorrow
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November 4, 2013 Fountain of Sorrow
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November 1, 2013 Free Kindle Readers…
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November 1, 2013 Spiritualized Gambling: The Prosperity Gospel
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October 15, 2013 Dying Traditions: Full Service Gas Stations
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October 7, 2013 Quote from Oliver Twist
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September 23, 2013 Dying Traditions: The Sunday Drive
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September 13, 2013 Falling asleep while praying
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September 13, 2013 A Very Unique Poem by a Curious Fellow…
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September 12, 2013 Proven By Miracles: The Seven Wonders
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August 20, 2013 Once Upon a Time…
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July 19, 2013 For Seekers Only…
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July 18, 2013 St. Francis de Sales on “The Devout Life”
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July 13, 2013 The Heart of the Matter…
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June 26, 2013 What a True Friend Looks Like…
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June 12, 2013 The Power of Prayer
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June 1, 2013 New Beauty Each Day
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May 6, 2013 Praying the Magnificat (The Canticle of Mary)
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May 1, 2013 My Favorite Tolkien Poem
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April 29, 2013 An Unexpected Journey
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April 16, 2013 a treasured little note from a son…
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March 25, 2013 Holy Snow!!
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March 16, 2013 Finding God after a Long Search…
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March 5, 2013 The Compulsive Minister
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March 4, 2013 Stop Being a Pleaser
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January 24, 2013 The Mallorcan Calender For the Illiterate
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January 14, 2013 Dying Traditions: The Love of Letters
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December 22, 2012 People, Look East (Advent Carol)
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December 22, 2012 World without End?
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November 29, 2012 Angels with Amnesia
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November 16, 2012 This Experience Must Come…
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October 26, 2012 Haunted: A Few Things Wrong with Me
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September 26, 2012 Insect Armageddon
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September 20, 2012 SO I STAY NEAR THE DOOR: An Apologia For My Life
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September 19, 2012 Divine Doorkeepers (Extended Critical Essay)
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September 19, 2012 Abstract for “Divine Doorkeepers”
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September 19, 2012 Works Cited for “Divine Doorkeepers”
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September 19, 2012 Concluding Remarks
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September 19, 2012 Shane Claiborne (1975- present): Gentle Revolutionary
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September 19, 2012 Donald Miller (1971- present): Mystical Ringmaster
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September 19, 2012 C. S. Lewis (1898-1963): Scholar of the Divine
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September 18, 2012 Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899): Soul-Winning Storyteller
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September 17, 2012 Encourage One Another!
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September 16, 2012 Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892): Spiritual Lyricist
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September 16, 2012 Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855): Thinking Outside the Crowd
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September 15, 2012 Charles Finney (1792-1875): Retained by God
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September 14, 2012 Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758): The Town Crier
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September 13, 2012 George Fox (1624-1691): Divine Alchemist
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September 12, 2012 Divine Doorkeepers: How Mystical Authors Usher Readers into the Spirit Realm
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September 11, 2012 Google Översätt: Please Translate!
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August 30, 2012 Men in White
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August 30, 2012 Of Bicycles and Angels
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August 30, 2012 The Empty House
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August 30, 2012 The Waterhole Incident
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August 29, 2012 “The Ministry Of The Unnoticed”
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August 29, 2012 The Can of Tuna
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August 27, 2012 The Good Seal Herder
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August 27, 2012 Doers of the Word
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August 23, 2012 International Treasure
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August 11, 2012 Songs in the Night
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August 9, 2012 The Bride of Christ
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August 9, 2012 “Sister Love”
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August 8, 2012 Sister Shirley
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August 7, 2012 Elder Thomas
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August 6, 2012 Deacon Wayne & Sister Glenda
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August 5, 2012 Mother Gladys
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August 5, 2012 The Most Segregated Hour?
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August 4, 2012 Elder Burney
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August 3, 2012 Don’t Worry About It, Slim…
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August 2, 2012 Gandhi’s Three Weapons: Fasting, Prayer, and Silence
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July 25, 2012 Eleven, Rodney
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July 23, 2012 “Madmen, Mystics and Monks” Bibliography
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July 21, 2012 Nathaniel Hawthorne Quotes
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July 15, 2012 Natural Cathedral
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July 11, 2012 The Lord Calls All to Himself
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June 14, 2012 Simply Orthodox ☦ – In order to enter Paradise…
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June 3, 2012 Jesus Wept….
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May 24, 2012 Portrait of Poppy
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May 17, 2012 That Reminds Me…
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May 15, 2012 Of Chips and Monks
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May 15, 2012 Madmen, Mystics, and Monks
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May 15, 2012 Healing of the Creatures
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April 28, 2012 Muddled Medical Messages
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April 16, 2012 I am the Earth (and I am Bleeding)
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April 6, 2012 Amazing Indiscriminate Love
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March 28, 2012 Good Grief!!
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March 27, 2012 Feed My Sheep
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March 26, 2012 Pioneers of the Omnipotent
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March 25, 2012 The Lady of the Forest
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March 24, 2012 Passing on the Nomination for the HUG award!!
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March 24, 2012 From My Sister with Love…
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March 21, 2012 A Key and a Ring
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March 20, 2012 Amber Fox
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March 19, 2012 I’d Do Anything (to make people think about Jesus)
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March 19, 2012 Dear Olive…
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March 16, 2012 The Geronda and the Atheist…
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March 15, 2012 From “Blue Like Jazz”
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March 14, 2012 Choosing Healing
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March 14, 2012 CS Lewis Quote
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March 13, 2012 Star Salad and Kite Soup
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March 9, 2012 The Atheist and the Bear
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March 7, 2012 He Died of a Broken Heart
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March 6, 2012 Where the Wild Things Were: The House Next Door
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March 5, 2012 Grandma’s Boyfriend
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Olive’s Recent Posts
- My New Book in Print
- Two landscapes of Mallorca, Spain — Artist Ruben de Luis, oil paintings and watercolours.
- Just Thankful…
- The Last Dance
- In My Father’s House
- Peace Be Unto You…
- For My Poppy with Love…
- My Father’s Voice
- Three Angels
- Mallorca Daily Photo: Good Friday
- Good Friday Thoughts
- The Magi of Mallorca
- The Wonder of Christmas (and the Song of Judgment Day)
- Shakespeare on Christmas
- Kierkegaard Quote That Stuck Me
- From “The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien”
- Oliver Twist, Divine Child: A Jungian Interpretation
- For My Poppy…
- Your Cross – St Francis de Sales
- Fr. Seraphim Rose on “Existential” Atheism
- Fr. Seraphim Rose on the Characteristics of the “New Man”
- Fr. Seraphim Rose on the Characteristics of the “New Man”
- A Broken Family
- Mallorcan Easter Traditions
- Nondenominational Cookies
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- ESSAYS
- All Souls’ Day: When the Spirit Comes
- Bibliography for “Madmen, Mystics, and Monks”- Fall 2011
- Bringing My Boxing Gloves
- Divine Doorkeepers: How Mystical Authors Usher Readers into the Spirit Realm
- I Am the Earth (And I Am Bleeding)
- Liberation through Holiness: The Sisterhood for Christ
- Madmen, Mystics, and Monks: Memoir as a Spiritual Journey
- Sacred Segregation in the South
- Sacred Segregation in the South
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- Brother Fox, the Seeker
- C.S. Lewis Quote
- Egocentric Christianity
- Epistle #227 of George Fox
- From “Blue Like Jazz”
- Gandhi’s Three Weapons: Fasting, Prayer, and Silence
- Kierkegaard on the New Testament
- Letter from Birmingham Jail
- Nathaniel Hawthorne- from “The Snow-Image”
- Olde Poem from an Olde Friend
- On Discernment & Fanaticism
- Small Quotes
- Song of the Sacred Woman
- Songs in the Night
- The Atheist and the Bear…
- The Geronda and the Atheist…
- The Seven Rules of a Monk
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- A Bed of Snow
- A Friend of the Wind
- A Key and A Ring
- Dark Prophets in the Sanctuary
- Fruit Trees on the Altar
- Healing of the Creatures
- Sister Glenda’s Dream
- The Fountain of Blood
- The Stonecutter
- The Tree of Life
- A Friend of the Wind
- A Key and A Ring
- Amber Fox
- Grandma’s Boyfriend
- Introduction
- Paper Angels
- Remembering Opal
- Reverend Catfish
- Where the Wild Things Were: The House Next Door
- Wisdom from a Wanderer
- Wisdom from a Wanderer
- The Deacon’s Dream
- ESSAYS