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Whitman and the Meaning of Life

O me! O life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who …

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The Reformer Who Wrote Erotic Poetry

History is full of odd tales, and nowhere more so than during the Protestant Reformation. We have, for example, the much beloved story of how Martin Luther’s future wife, Katharina …

Church / Society

The Worst Christmas Ever

Henry was having a terrible Christmas – possibly the worst Christmas ever. One might almost say he was experiencing hell on earth, and not just because he was in the …