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Tag Archives: Shakespeare
Was Shakespeare Right: Is Love Blind?
Okay, so someone is bound to tell me it wasn’t Shakespeare but Chaucer who coined the phrase that love is blind. I’ll give you that, but Shakespeare popularized the phrase by his repeated use of it: The Merchant of Venice, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Henry V all include it.
Before someone has the chance to object that some Persian poet who predated Chaucer really composed the line, I’ll concede the point, but the question remains. Was Chaucer and Shakespeare (and whoever else) right? Is love blind?
The answer depends on what one means by love. Eros, I think, is often blind. Friends and family watch the lover as he ignores glaring signals and stands poised to fall into a deep ditch. Love has made him blind to his situation and deaf to his friends. Continue reading
Posted in Bible, relationships, Spiritual life
Tagged Chaucer, Love is blind, Shakespeare
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The Strange History of St. Valentine’s Day
It’s almost Valentine’s Day. The pressure is on. Forget to buy a gift, and you might be in the doghouse. Forget to send a card, and you’ll be lucky to get the doghouse key. I almost always remember to buy … Continue reading
Life on a Spiral Staircase
When I was in school, English teachers all seemed to be cut from the same cloth – at least the younger ones. They must have all minored in psychology because they were always asking questions that were meant to get … Continue reading
Posted in Faith, In the News, Spiritual life
Tagged Beowulf, do-overs, English teachers, grace, lifescape, Shakespeare, spiral staircase, spiritual ascent
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The most difficult field of study
The biblical book of Psalms contains 150 poems or praises (151 in the Orthodox Church) and has often been referred to as the songbook of the Church. Indeed, in some times and places, the psalms were the only songs in … Continue reading
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Tagged acuity, Allan Sandage, Bach, discernment, King David, Paul Davies, Psalm 19, Psalms, Shakespeare, Woodrow Wilson, Yeats
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Christianity’s Answer to America’s Identity Crisis
America is going through an identity crisis. The “live for today” approach to life – or, more precisely, the “live for how I feel today” approach to life – has disconnected us from our past and from our roots. The … Continue reading
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