Short Trip to the Edge Lent The contemporary reader will find

The contemporary reader will find this sixth-century classic more accessible

and blessings is a beautiful gift for a child on the occasion of their First Communion

yet rich and varied in expression

as well as their historical and biblical roots

consider the meaning of some of the famous Christmas carols that we often sing without a passing thought

Short Trip to the Edge Lent The contemporary reader will findPoet and literature professor Scott Cairns ran headlong into his midlife crisis a fairly common experience among men nearing the age of fiftywhile walking on the beach with his Labrador. His was not a desperate attempt to recapture youth, filled with sports cars and younger women. Instead, Cairns realized his spiritual life was advancing at a snail's pace and time was running out. Midlife crisis for this this Baptist turned Eastern Orthodox manifested