Arts & Essays: Spirituality & Faith

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Written By: Barry Casey

January 07, 2020

Immaculate Naïveté
With an immaculate naiveté, Adam will trust the flying, whirling, wind-blown muscular God, who has launched himself across the heavens, surrounded by...
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Written By: Alisa Williams

December 31, 2019

Editor’s Choice: 10 Noteworthy Articles...
Though it’s our breaking news stories that garner the most attention each year, for over 50 years Spectrum has been dedicated to carving out space...
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Written By: Barry Casey

December 31, 2019

Poetry and Joy at the End of Days
This was part of my joy, the pouring of poetry into my life and the discovery of how essential it has become for my spiritual well-being.
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Written By: Barry Casey

December 24, 2019

On The Receiving End
At Christmas time we give gifts. Parents teach their little children how to do it by buying gifts the child can give to teachers and friends. We...
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Written By: Dennis Hollingsead

December 20, 2019

The Second Thief
Have you ever wondered about who the second thief was, his background, parents, childhood, and why he didn’t respond to Jesus like the first thief?
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Written By: Barry Casey

December 17, 2019

The Nature of Waiting
The Annunciation is a liminal moment, a threshold moment. In many of the paintings of the 14th century, we see the angel of God approaching the girl...
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Written By: Barry Casey

December 10, 2019

The Gymnasium for Underused Imaginations
In this season of Advent, in these days leading up to the wonder of incarnation, with all its tragic beauty and humble beginnings, more than ever we...
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Written By: G.D. Williams

December 06, 2019

Brief Words to Loved Ones
In 1412, as one man endured his self-exile from his beloved adopted city, he turned his attention to the time 1,400 years before when another Exile...
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Written By: Barry Casey

December 03, 2019

Simple Truths
Is there a spiritual innocence that comes with age and experience or does our trusting nature diminish as our gathering knowledge increases?
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Written By: Barry Casey

November 30, 2019

A Sense of Style: Beauty and the...
“To appreciate something beautiful is to be instantly drawn to it, not as a result of grinding our way through a moral structure or cobbling together...
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