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Jen Rose Yokel wrote a new post, Requiem for 2020: An Interview with Rachel Wilhelm 1 week, 1 day ago
I’m writing this from a sunlit cafe in Providence, where the daffodils and forsythia are finally blooming and everything feels right in the world. Sure, I’ve got a mask on my face to remind me that we are […]
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Amy Baik Lee wrote a new post, For This Child, on the Subject of Death 2 weeks, 4 days ago
Here is a memory.
I am one of the early arrivals in the school pickup line on a wintry afternoon late in 2019. The tiny parking lot is bounded by a gray concrete wall built against a hill ahead, the school […]
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Jen Rose Yokel wrote a new post, Between Breezewood and Narnia: Introducing Zane Vickery 2 months ago
Sometimes, a piece of art emerges out of nowhere and catches you by surprise. For some of us, indie artist Zane Vickery’s debut Breezewood is that kind of record. Built on sweeping piano-pop melodies, heartfelt s […]
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Zoom link in the forum <em>The Supper of the Lamb</em> by Robert Farrar Capon 3 months, 1 week ago
@bethanysanders0@amy-creighton@evergreenVery strange–I’ll double check to make sure you’re all on the email list. Week 3 of the reading group was postponed because our instructor Jonathan had COVID. We’ll resume this Monday, January 11, and have the next Zoom chat on Thursday.
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Chapters 9-12 Zoom? in the forum <em>The Supper of the Lamb</em> by Robert Farrar Capon 3 months, 1 week ago
@jennifertielmann We’ve postponed till next week because Jonathan has been recovering from Covid. Sorry for the confusion! Are you receiving the weekly emails?
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Zoom link in the forum <em>The Supper of the Lamb</em> by Robert Farrar Capon 3 months, 1 week ago
@amy-creighton
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Amy Baik Lee wrote a new post, Advent, Week Four: The Peace of Pierced Souls 4 months ago
“He wants us to have peace. Happiness. Not to bring suffering on ourselves.”
In the film A Hidden Life, a village priest offers this counsel to Franz Jägerstätter, an unassuming Austrian farmer who comes […]
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“But I am free.” Love that so much. Also, Elisabeth Elliot has been a faithful guide for me with her wisdom and perspectives. What a great piece, Thank you!
Something similar….I just read earlier this morning a story of a missionary named James Calvert, who in 1838 sailed to the Fiji Islands with a team to share the gospel with the natives, known to be fierce cannibals. The ship’s Captain advised him, “You will lose your life and the lives with you if you go among such savages!” Calvert replied simply, “We died before we came here.” Sigh…goals. -
Amen, and amen. This is the word on peace we needed. Thank you, Amy. Thanks for the incorporation of scripture, and story, and truth. This re-centered me today.
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amen and amen
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Jen Rose Yokel wrote a new post, Songs for the Wait: An Interview with Caroline Cobb 4 months, 1 week ago
As a hard, strange year draws to a close, the season of Advent feels so timely and necessary. We enter the long, dark nights of winter, and even as we look forward to Christmas, there’s still the unshakeable […]
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Helena Sorensen wrote a new post, Advent, Week One: Hope 4 months, 3 weeks ago
The ark of the covenant was hidden behind a network of barricades. You couldn’t stroll into the temple and lay hands on the seat and symbol of God’s presence. There were sacrifices to be made, garments to be wor […]
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Jen Rose Yokel wrote a new post, Stories of Grief Redeemed: An Interview with Janna Barber 5 months ago
We like to say around here that “community nourishes art,” and there is no joy like watching a piece of art grow from the seeds of friendship into a finished work. We’re excited to let you know our friend and c […]
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Helena Sorensen wrote a new post, Things Fall Apart 5 months, 1 week ago
I haven’t kept up with the news for years. Years and years. My long-suffering husband helps by giving me highlights and summaries. He knows that a childhood heavily seasoned with End Times Prophecy and an u […]
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@caleb-fetterhoff That’s a big question. I have done a little bit of everything over the years, from arguing passionately to completely avoiding conflict in all the worst, most cowardly ways. But I am beginning to understand the degree to which people operate out of fear and pain. Dealing with our pain, wrestling with God, feeling our horribly uncomfortable feelings, and receiving Love and Healing are not easy things to do. But I think they may be prerequisites for moving beyond presuppositions and prejudices and learning to listen. “There is no fear in love, and perfect love casts out fear.” When I look at Christendom (and I’m speaking VERY broadly here), I see an awful lot of terrified, hurting people who have no room to hold anyone else’s suffering or anyone else’s perspective. I see a body of people who talk a great deal about the radical, redemptive love of God, but who don’t seem to have experienced it. I cannot bring about that transformation for anyone. I can only be transformed and be honest about my journey. I can be counter-cultural within Christian culture by imagining all the ways God is at work in the messes humans make. I can release my white-knuckle grip and allow God to surprise me. No argument I’ve ever made has been as powerful as allowing God to change me.
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Thank you, Ms. Sorensen! By the power of God’s love, may we submit to his work of changing us, and may we testify to that change in the presence of others who may be fearful like us.
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Thank you! A lot of this resonated.
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Jennifer Trafton started the topic Matthew Dickerson's "Artist and Community" Lecture in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 6 months, 1 week ago
If you’d like to discuss anything Matthew talked about with your fellow reading group members, here is the place to do it!
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic How Has Niggle's Story Moved You? in the forum "Leaf by Niggle" by J. R. R. Tolkien 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Meg, I’ve never made that personal connection between the care Niggle took over each leaf and the individual care God has for me–what a lovely thought. But of course, if I am God’s painting, that is exactly how it is. I like imagining Him peering closely at me with his brush, delighting in the thing He is making beautiful, and knowing (as Niggle…[Read more]
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic The Usefulness of Art in the forum Niggle Discussion Questions 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Ha! Now that is an apt comparison!
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Subcreation in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Yes, Sarah, that’s why we at the Rabbit Room dislike the term “creatives.” We are ALL creative, each in our own way.
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Those are really helpful comparisons/connections. Art shows us the *why* of things–love that.
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Mark, I have passed your generous (and so true!) comments along to Helena. I agree completely!
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic Recovery, Escape, Consolation in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Beautifully said, Hannah!
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic "The Fantasy Makers" documentary in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Elizabeth, that podcast sounds wonderful! Thanks for giving us the link! I look forward to listening.
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Jennifer Trafton replied to the topic "The Fantasy Makers" documentary in the forum Background and Context 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Thanks for being brave and going first, Renee! 🙂 I’ve found that many people have just never thought about how much of our lives involve our imaginations! And yet you’re exactly right–that ability to ask, “What if?” and to picture possibilities is behind all our moral decisions. George MacDonald wrote about this–and how cultivating a…[Read more]
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