A sense of wonder
the world's best writers on the sacred the profane and the ordinary
A sense of wonder
the world's best writers on the sacred the profane and the ordinary
Book - 2016
An anthology of 36 astonishing personal stories and essays from some of America's best writers that first appeared in Portland Magazine, “the best university magazine in America” (Newsweek). --Publisher's description.
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Maryknoll, New York :
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| 520 | |a An anthology of 36 astonishing personal stories and essays from some of America's best writers that first appeared in Portland Magazine, “the best university magazine in America” (Newsweek). --Publisher's description. | ||
| 505 | 0 | 0 | |t Bruised with joy / |r Brian Doyle -- |g An |t elevator in Utah: on how children make despair look stupid / |r David James Duncan -- |t On laughing: notes on the funnest sound there is / |r Patrick Madden -- |t Do you think there is anything not attached by its unbreakable cord to everything else? / |r Mary Oliver -- |t Burying Mrs. Hamilton: a sacrament in the snow / |r Father Leroy Clementich, C.S.C. -- |t Every war has two losers: Oregon's late Poet Laureate on the madness of violence / |r William Stafford -- |t On not being good at reading the Bible / |r Helen Garner -- |t Learning to love: notes on praying a river / |r John Daniel -- |t I hold his hand / |r Steve Duin -- |t This soul has six wings: notes on ash and mystics and love and fire and taking it seriously / |r Jessie Van Eerden -- |t Hep! Hep! Hep! / |r Cynthia Ozick -- |t One of a kind and all the same: notes on hate and love and possibility / |r Thomas Lynch -- |g The |t closest to love we ever get: maybe the noisy song we all make together is the most powerful prayer of all / |r Heather King -- |t We have always been here: an Umatilla woman ponders the corps of discovery / |r Roberta Conner -- |t Who am I? Notes on ecstatic moments / |r John Coats -- |t When I knew: godlessness and God on September 11 / |r Patrick Giles -- |g The |t late Mister Bin Laden: a note / |r Brian Doyle -- |t Bald places: notes on nursing as witness / |r Hob Osterlund -- |t God owns a convenience store in British Columbia: who knew? / |r Gae Rusk -- |g The |t reality of torture / |r Martin Flanagan -- |g A |t burning soul / |r Mary Gordon -- |t I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least / |r Pattiann Rogers -- |g The |t river / |r Paul Myers -- |t Native: notes on Americanness / |r Ian Frazier -- |t Across the void: a note on crazy and crucial hope / |r Robin Cody -- |t Madre de dios: on the unimaginable ocean of her love / |r Barry Lopez -- |t Who am I, Lord, that you should know my name? A note on believing, against all sense and reason / |r Bruce Lawrie -- |t Words are not enough / |r Alice Lok Cahana -- |t Her: on a dream coming beautifully true / |r Bill McNamara -- |g A |t war story: in the middle of Iraq in the middle of a war, there was a moment... / |r Pete Rooks -- |g The |t call to forgiveness at the end of the day / |r Kathleen Dean Moore -- |g A |t chapel is where you can hear something beating below your heart: I came to the chapel at the university as the light was falling... / |r Pico Iyer -- |g The |t hope of a trail: "for all I know I am approaching the holiest place in the world. Who can say? Who knows? We know nothing..." / |r Rick Bass -- |t When I was blind: "blindness was full of second sight..." / |r Edward Hoagland -- |t Why I am a priest / |r Father Charles Gordon, C.S.C. -- |t Perfect time: a note on the music of being a dad / |r Connor Doe -- |t Healing or stealing? The best commencement address ever / |r Paul Hawken. |
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: bruised with joy / Brian Doyle -- An elevator in Utah : on how children make despair look stupid / David James Duncan -- On laughing: notes on the funnest sound there is / Patrick Madden -- Do you think there is anything not attached by its unbreakable cord to everything else? / Mary Oliver -- Buring Mrs. Hamilton: a sacrament in the snow / Father Leroy Clementich, C.S.C. -- Every war has two losers: Oregon's late poet laureate on the madness of violence / William Stafford -- | |
| 505 | 8 | |a On not being good at reading the Bible / Helen Garner -- Learning to love: notes on praying a river / John Daniel -- I hold his hand / Steve Duin -- This soul has six wings : notes on ash and mystics and love and fire and taking it seriously / Jessie Van Eerden -- Hep! Hep! Hep! / Cynthia Ozick -- One of a kind and all the same: notes on hate and love and possibility / Thomas Lynch -- The closest to love we ever get: maybe the noisy song we all make together is the most powerful prayer of all / Heather King -- We have always been here: an Umatilla woman ponders the Corps of Discovery / Roberta Conner -- | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Who am I? Notes on ecstatic moments / John Coats -- When I knew: godlessness and God on September 11 / Patrick Giles -- The late mister Bin Laden: a note / Brian Doyle -- Bald places: notes on nursing as witness / Hob Osterlund -- God owns a convenience store in British Columbia: who knew? / Gae Rusk -- The reality of torture / Martin Flanagan -- A burning soul / Mary Gordon -- I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least / Pattiann Rogers -- The river / Paul Myers -- | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Native: notes on Americanness / Ian Frazier -- Across the void: a note on crazy and crucial hope / Robin Cody -- Madre de Dios: on the unimaginable ocean of her love / Barry Lopez -- Who am I, Lord, that you should know my name? A note on believing, against all sense and reason / Bruce Lawrie -- Words are not enough / Alice Lok Cahana -- Her: on a dream coming beautifully true / Bill McNamara -- A war story: in the middle of Iraq in the middle of a war, there was a moment ... / Pete Rooks -- The call to forgiveness at the end of the day / Kathleen Dean Moore -- A chapel is where you can hear something beating below your heart: I came to the chapel at the university as the light was falling ... / Pico Iyer -- | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The hope of a trail: "For all I know I am approaching the holiest of places in the world. Who can say? Who knows? We know nothing ... / Rick Bass -- When I was blind: "Blindness was full of second sight ..." / Edward Hoagland -- Why I am a priest / Father Charles Gordon, C.S.C. -- Perfect time: a note on the music of being a dad / Connor Doe -- Healing or stealing? The best commencement address ever / Paul Hawken. | |
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