With thanks to my local library’s interlibrary loan program, I’ve just picked up a book that will keep me occupied during Advent and probably well into January: A Testament to Freedom: the Essential Writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer (ed. Kelly and Nelson, Harper San Francisco, 1995). Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor who was part ofContinue reading “Open Book: Bonhoeffer and Muggeridge for Advent”
Author Archives: Ellen Kolb
Writer, activist, Granite State walker.
Thanksgiving for all
I’ve seen this attributed to G.K. Chesterton, and I’m sorry I don’t know in which of his many works it appears. But no matter: here’s a Chesterton thought for Thanksgiving, with my best wishes to my readers. “You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, andContinue reading “Thanksgiving for all”
Fall’s first half: notes from Granite State Walker
Cross-posted at granitestatewalker.com My autumn began with a trip upstate as the leaves began turning. As October ends, I’m near the Massachusetts border, where red and orange foliage has yielded to gold and bronze. The sunlight through the leaves these days creates a glowing aura around everything. First stop: North Country Three days on theContinue reading “Fall’s first half: notes from Granite State Walker”
Ellen Kolb 