“If you write for God you will reach many men and bring them joy.
“If you write for men–you may make some money and you may give someone a little joy and you may make a noise in the world, for a little while.
“If you write only for yourself, you can read what you yourself have [...]
One of my favorite visual artists passed on today at the age of 91–painter Andrew Wyeth. Following my previous post, a thank you to him is in order as well. Often I feel his work has the quality of a poem–subtle, concrete, hinting at meaning beyond first sight, suggestive of the mystery held within places [...]
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
James Baldwin (1924-1987)
Frederick Buechner (1926 - )
Flannery O’Connor (1925 – 1964)
Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 – 1881)
Walker Percy (1916 – 1990)
Kallistos Ware (1934 – )
Wendell Berry (1934 – )
Clive Staples Lewis (1898 – 1963)
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 – 1926)
Thomas Merton (1915 – 1968)