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Rediscovering Rilke

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Lindsey Crittenden

this post is a slightly edited version of a post that appeared on August 20, 2012, on the Good Letters blog In college, I took a yearlong class on Western Civilization. Certain images stand out: reading Oedipus Rex on the … Continue reading →

Posted in faith, prayer, reading, spirituality, teaching | Tagged Anita Barrows, Book of Hours, centering prayer, Father Thomas Keating, German language, Good Letters, Joanna Macy, Letters to a Young Poet, Lindsey Crittenden, poetry, prayer, quoting Rilke, Rainer Maria Rilke, The Water Will Hold You, To Rome With Love | 2 Comments

Sounds of Silence

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Lindsey Crittenden

A little over a year ago, I picked up A Book of Silence. The title intrigued me, as did the premise: writer Sara Maitland traveled into silence of the most extreme kind. She leased a remote cottage on the isle … Continue reading →

Posted in craft, prayer, Uncategorized, writing | Tagged A Book of Silence, anxiety, boundaried self, centering prayer, desert fathers, isle of Skye, Lindsey Crittenden, meditation, prayer, Ragdale, Romantic tradition of solitude, Sara Maitland, silence, Sinai desert, social media, solitude, The Art of FIction, the permeable self, The Water Will Hold You, wilderness, Wordsworth | 4 Comments

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