Many months ago when it was my birthday, I received from my husband a book of the works of John Donne, poetry and prose and sermons. On a recent trip we had listened to a Mars Hill Audio Journal CD that included an interview about him, with the always fascinating Dana Gioia. I've been perusing the book since then and have found many good and juicy snippets, such as this:Acknowledg God to be the Author of thy Being; find him so at the spring-head, and then thou shalt easily trace him, by the branches, to all that belongs to thy well-being. The Lord of Hosts, and the God of peace, the God of the mountaines, and the God of the valleyes, the God of noone, and of midnight, of all times, the God of East and West, of all places, the God of Princes, and of Subjects, of all persons, is all one and the same God; and that which we intend, when we say Iehovah, is all Hee.
--John Donne 1572-1631, Sermons V
9 comments:
beautiful!
He is the vine, we are the branches. I like this.
~Jody
Lovely! John Donne is one of my favorite converts!
xofrances
Speaking of comfort..... :)
Beautiful, Gretchen. I'm saving it.
xo
What a nice sermon...bringing together nature and realizing that He is the source of all of it. Mars Hill interests me. There is a Mars Hill academy (school) near us! I ♥ their classical approach.
Martha, I think the academy is not related to the audio journal. But the journal's publications are great for listening to in the car, as the individual interviews aren't too long.
one of my favorites, Gretchen. thank you for the reminder.
Oh I love John Donne. His words are so fresh and so clever, and so right.
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