Since therefore the knowledge and survey of vice is in this world so necessary to the constituting of human virtue, and the scanning of error to the confirmation of truth, how can we more safely, and with less danger, scout into the regions of sin and falsity than by reading all manner of tractates and […]
31 Days of Coming to Grips with My Age ~ Day 23: When I Consider How My Life’s Been Spent
A couple years ago, I participated in a Random Act of Poetry for The High Calling where we were asked to select a poem that had an impact on us–and then write a poem about it. I chose this poem by Milton. When I Consider How My Light is Spent When I consider how my […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Tune His Praise
Fountains and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living Souls. Ye birds, That singing up to Heaven–gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost The fountain at Laity Lodge
When I Consider How My Life’s Been Spent
Glynn Young asked HCB members to consider a poem that “had an impact on you, that you remember, or that you enjoyed, and write a poem about it” as an offering for the group’s Random Acts of Poetry. “What poem do you come from?” he asked. I thought and thought and thought and finally chose […]
