Marilynne Robinson
Marilynne Robinson is author of the novel Gilead, the collection of essays When I Was a Child I Read Books, and most recently, Jack (all from Farrar, Straus & Giroux).
When I can't figure out what something means, I give the problem to my mind.
Perhaps the real lack of faith in modern society comes down to a lack of reverence for the people around us.
Is John 1 a midrash on the creation story and the song of creative Wisdom? If so, its writer has infused it with profoundest joy.
Christ was "from the beginning." In its first moment, creation had humankind, therefore meaning, implicit in it.
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