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The Diary of an Old
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George MacDonald: Literary
Heritage & Heirs |
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Unlocking Harry
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Hot off the
press! Two books in one: George
MacDonald's
The
Diary of an Old Soul
and Betty
Aberlin's
The White Page Poems.
In 1880, George MacDonald, the
Scottish poet, novelist and preacher, in the
wake of the deaths of two of his children,
published A Book of Strife in the Form of
the Diary of an Old Soul. This book,
which unites grief and hope in hard-won
faith, contains a poem for every day of the
year. Across from each page of verses he
provided a clean “white page.” In the first
edition of what became a classic collection
of poetry, MacDonald invited the reader to
respond to the “seed” of his words with
their own reflections. He wrote: “Let your
white page be ground, my print be seed,
Growing to golden ears, that faith and hope
may feed.”
Betty Aberlin responded to MacDonald’s
invitation with daily poems of her own.
Here are a few of the accolades for The
White Page Poems:
“In this
labor of love, Betty Aberlin’s close
readings of George MacDonald’s verses, and
her thoughtful responses to them speak
clearly of her poetic gifts and spiritual
intelligence.
Luci Shaw, poet.
"An awesome
collection & collaboration.”
Daniel Berrigan, SJ, poet-in-residence,
Fordham University
“A
fascinating new book . . . fresh and
incisive.” Don King, author of C.S.
Lewis, Poet.
Read
The Diary of
an Old Soul &
The White Page Diary
- - - sample
here.
Now shipping!
George MacDonald: Literary Heritage and
Heirs
(14 essays on the background and legacy of
his writing).
Edited by
Roderick McGillis, a noted MacDonald
scholar, the essays are collected from top
MacDonald scholars around the world who met
at Baylor University in 2005 for a
centennial conference.
It has
been 15 years since Roderick McGillis edited
For the Childlike, a landmark
collection of essays about George
MacDonald’s writings. This latest collection
of 14 essays sets a new standard that will
influence scholars for many more years.
George MacDonald experts are increasingly
evaluating his entire corpus within the
nineteenth century context. This volume
provides further evidence that MacDonald
will eventually emerge from the restrictive
and somewhat misleading reputation of being
C.S. Lewis’ spiritual “master.” Stephen
Prickett writes: “This
is an important, exciting, and even
challenging and controversial volume. It
looks, as never before, at MacDonald’s
historical imagination, the influence of his
native Scottish culture, the impact of
English and German Romanticism, his reading
of the Bible, his interest in Darwinism, and
in the Victorian intellectual environment as
a whole. Several contributors provocatively
discuss recent adaptations, redactions, and
presentations of MacDonald’s work and
thought.”
Rolland Hein, author of George
MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker, writes:
“Many astute critical
judgments in this comprehensive collection
represent the best of contemporary
scholarship on George MacDonald.”
You can read a
sample here.
A wonderful new
Celtic Harp CD by
Linda Simms is now available to order from our web store.
Click here for
song titles. Click here for
CD cover. Click here for
information about the artist. Click here to order.
Listen To Tracks Online:
Track 6 - Track 7 |
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The White
Page Poems & The Diary of an Old Soul
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G.M. : Lit. Heritage & Heirs
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Harry for Catholics?
A Guest Essay by Regina Doman [
visit Regina's
website
and order her books] |
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I don’t
usually try to enter public discussions
of this kind, but in the interest of fairness,
I feel I must write to you about the matter
of Cardinal Ratzinger’s alleged condemnation
of the Harry Potter books, which are being
circulated widely via the Internet in expectation
of the release of the newest Harry Potter
book.
The remarks as reported by LifeSiteNews.com
seem to make it an open-and-shut case that
good Catholics should not be reading the
Harry Potter books, because the Pope himself
has spoken against them.
I want to note that Cardinal Ratzinger
made these remarks and gave permission to
have them reported when he was a cardinal.
His remarks should be taken for what they
are: not a papal pronouncement but the reasonable
opinion of a church official. As Cardinal,
Ratzinger also made statements condemning
rock music, calling it “the complete
antithesis of Christian faith in the redemption.”
But I doubt that even the most devout Catholic
parent will stop listening to the Beatleses |
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