“The Second Day of Creation” is a little-known piece by 19th century poet and missionary Thomas Whytehead, that deserves far greater popularity than it currently enjoys. “And God said, Let…
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Have you ever assembled a child’s toy with bad instructions? That question sounds too negative. Let’s reframe it: Have you ever assembled a child’s toy with really good instructions? By…
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How do you come up with a formula for how to grade poetry? Poetry isn’t like math. I mean, it is like math, in the sense that it involves numbers…
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A number of years ago I bought one of my family members (an avid lover of good and great poems) two beautiful old volumes of classic poetry. They were the…
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How do you recognize good and great poetry? August is the time of year for asking educational questions in North America. Depending on which state/province you live in, this month…
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As a child, I always took my ideas from the things I read—both poetry and prose. Long before I really investigated the social, political and religious questions I met through…
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Do you remember anything you learned in Preschool? Kindergarten? Grade One? I don’t mean just, “I learned to read” or “I learned addition and subtraction.” I mean, do you remember…
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This series on Scripture Allusions in Hymns takes a look at some outstanding hymns based on verses or passages of Scripture, and the aspects of greatness they display. For a…
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Timeless Tips from Homemakers of the Past is an ongoing series highlighting useful and thought provoking tidbits from the generations of homemakers who have gone before us. Our goal at…
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Did you ever read a hymn, whether familiar or unfamiliar, and wonder where in the world the author got such a strange idea? Did you ever stop short in surprise,…
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