Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts

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Simple Gifts episodes

  • T S Eliot’s Four Quartets - Quartet 1: ”Burnt Norton”

    T. S. Eliot is arguably THE poetic voice of the early 20th century, and is a perennial favorite of mine. His justly famous FOUR QUARTETS mixes the brilliance of his early poetry with the wisdom of age in his post-conversion Christian work. Eliot considered it his masterpiece, and it was certainly important in his winning the Nobel Prize. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Christian Atheist finds in this Christian convert a thinker and a poet of profound voice and inspiration. This is the first of his Four Quartets,  "Burnt Norton." Enjoy!

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  • INTRO TO SIMPLE GIFTS: Edgar Allan Poe’s ”The Raven” and ”Annabel Lee”

    An Introduction to Simple Gifts - the written word spoken for you. We kick off with two poems by Edgar Allan Poe, "Annabelle Lee" and "The Raven."

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    14 min

About Simple Gifts

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Simple Gifts is the gift of time and freedom. It is the simple presentation of the written word spoken without commentary. Join us in ruminating on great stories, poems, history, philosophy, theology, art and science. Amidst chaos, find the “valley of love and delight,” a true simplicity, where “to bow and to bend we will not be ashamed,” where we can ponder the greatest words ever written, turning them over and over, “till by turning, turning, we come round right.”