The Growing Edge

Episode 38 The Angels & The Furies


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In this episode Carrie and Parker discuss May Sarton's powerful poem, "The Angels & The Furies."   In this conversation we talk about the angels and furies of our nature.  In these times when many of us are wrestling with what to do with our furies in life giving ways, what does it mean to be "perfectly human but never perfect"?   How do we also incline our heads and notice where the graces of our lives appear and support our own better angels?  And finally, how do we balance the both/and of our lives.
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The Growing EdgeBy Carrie Newcomer & Parker J. Palmer

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