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Summer Quotations Series

Quote: C. S. Lewis on Giving Our Life to God

July 27, 2011 by Hannah Eagleson No Comments

Lewis' favored pub, the Eagle and Child

Hannah Eagleson concludes her Summer Quotation Series.  In this last post of the series, we return to the twentieth century with a quotation from C. S. Lewis that brings together many of the themes touched on by the other quotations.  . . . it is not so much of our time and so much of […]

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Quote: George Herbert’s Elixir

July 20, 2011 by Hannah Eagleson No Comments

George Herbert

The third quotation comes from a book much older than Orthodoxy, but ties in nicely with last week’s quote from Chesterton: The Elixir by George Herbert Teach me, my God and King, In all things thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for thee: Not rudely, as a […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Summer Quotations Series Tagged With: Devotional Readings, George Herbert, poetry, The Elixir, vocation

Quote: Chesterton on Childlike Delight

July 13, 2011 by Hannah Eagleson 1 Comment

Continuing our Summer Quotation Series from Hannah Eagleson. The second quotation in this series comes from G. K. Chesterton, good-humored apologist and writer: A child kicks his legs rhythmically through excess, not absence, of life. Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. […]

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Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Christian Thought and Practice, Summer Quotations Series Tagged With: academicvocations, creation, culture-making, g. k. chesterton, joy, literature, theology, vocation

Quote: Simone Weil on Effort, Attention, and Unexpected Results

July 6, 2011 by Hannah Eagleson 2 Comments

Hannah Eagleson’s first guest blog series, which she wrote before joining ESN as a writer/editor in 2014. At the time Hannah was a musician, writer, and recent PhD recipient living in central Pennsylvania. The Summer Quote Series offers brief reflections on quotes that she found helpful when thinking about her academic work. Thank you, Hannah!  I’ve always loved Dorothy L. […]

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