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
Brian Doyle editor
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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Other Authors: Doyle, Brian, 1956 November 6-2017 May 27 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, [2016]
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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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