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Faces Turned Towards Glory
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Faces Turned Towards Glory

February 1, 2023 | Lily Lawler BK ‘23

Each sunset with clouds draped around it and every birdsong I heard in the morning pointed my face towards God’s undeniable glory. The infinitely unfolding beauty in this world was enough evidence for me that God is present with us.

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When Wonder Is Not Enough
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When Wonder Is Not Enough

Sept 14, 2020 | By Bradley Yam SY ‘20

It moves us not. Great God! I’d rather be 

A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn; 

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea, 

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn; 

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea; 

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.

– Wordsworth, The World is Too Much With Us

With a pithy sestet Wordsworth summarizes the wonder of the wilderness wrapped in mythological glory: Proteus rising from the sea, Triton blowing his horn. Wordsworth wrote during the Industrial Revolution when the divisions between the civilized city and the natural wilderness became sharply defined.

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Sunsets, Stars, Snowfall
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Sunsets, Stars, Snowfall

By Nam Hyun Kim ’21. Nam is a sophomore in Eliot House studying history and archaeology.

In the sunsets I’ve seen, the stars I’ve watched, and the snow I’ve let fall on my face, I felt peace because I felt safe. In those moments, I was safe from the exhaustion, stress, and anxiety that came with the things out of my control because God, who is infinitely good, reminded me that the goodness and beauty I saw in the world was the same goodness and beauty He sees in me.

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