![]() And alongside the great theologian of St. Thomas Aquinas who asked his teacher as a young boy, “But master – what is God?” and spent his entire life seeking the answer. Thus he introduces us to the mind and thought of the great St. Reason poses no threat to religion when reason and religion are rightly understood. ![]() It moves us, through the strong yet imperfect gratification it causes in us, towards Godīut Bishop Barron also reminds us that there is no sacrifice of the mind required to be religious. Indeed beauty moves us towards the infinitely beautiful, the all-beatific. As Bishop Barron notes, through beauty something is works on us from within and yet beyond the art. In this first edition of The Pivotal Players (Word On Fire is already working on their second) we are introduced to the great Catholic artist of the Italian Renaissance, Michaelangelo, who through his sculptures (such as his Pietà), his painting in the Sistine chapel, and many other works of art, has lead many to experience the innate human desire for something infinitely greater and all-fulfilling. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Each of the houses Astrid lived in was its own little worlds and they were created with great care. The variety of characters in this was wonderful. The Astrid who’s forced to sell her dress wouldn’t convert to Christianity like she did at Starr’s. It’s interesting to see how Astrid hardens from Starr’s house to Rena’s. They force her to learn independence and how to navigate life on her own. ![]() She lands in foster homes that are rough in one way or another. Her life with her mother is minimal but happy but when she’s ripped away, things change. Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes–each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned–becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.Īstrid’s story is beautiful and ugly at the same time. ![]() ![]() She finds an English countryside that's bursting with charm - including the dry-witted, sophisticated Channing, who may be just what the doctor ordered. Determined to bounce back, Lark signs on with a pharmaceutical company, a job that takes her abroad to investigate a drug trial gone sideways. ![]() She overcame a dysfunctional upbringing in East Boston only to lose both her college sweetheart and a promising medical career when her Ma fell critically ill. If anyone deserves to be cynical about life, it’s Dr. The only way out from under the hefty tax bill is to sell the manor as quickly as possible or find a high-level job to support it. Only one problem with that plan - there is no Hughes fortune. ![]() What better time to leave Boston for her native England, where her late grandfather has named her sole heir of the Hughes fortune, along with the centuries-old manor house that’s been in the family for generations. ![]() A disastrous office affair has left Channing Hughes unemployed and (very bloody) cynical. ![]() |