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The Thinklings Podcast – 233 – The Windows by George Herbert


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Welcome to Episode 233 of The Thinklings Podcast!

In this episode, Thinkling Boyd walks us through a poem by George Herbert: The Windows. But first, we kick things off with our usual segments:

  • “What Coffee Are We Drinking?” ☕
  • A banterful, segue-enriching Books & Business 📚
  • Main Content – The Windows by Herbert
  • Final Meditation in Matthew 5
  • Thanks for tuning in to this week’s episode!

    📚 Books & Business
    • Stearns: I Cheerfully Refuse
    • Little: Reading on Divine Absence
    • Boyd: The Mysterious Case of Rudolph Diesel
    • Carter: A Tale of Two Cities
    • 📖 Main Content: The Windows by George Herbert

      Thinkling Boyd walks us through George Herbert’s beautiful poem, The Windows. Here it is if you’d like to read along:

      Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word?

      He is a brittle crazy glass;
      Yet in thy temple thou dost him afford
      This glorious and transcendent place,
      To be a window, through thy grace.

      But when thou dost anneal in glass thy story,

      Making thy life to shine within
      The holy preachers, then the light and glory
      More reverend grows, and more doth win;
      Which else shows waterish, bleak, and thin.

      Doctrine and life, colors and light, in one

      When they combine and mingle, bring
      A strong regard and awe; but speech alone
      Doth vanish like a flaring thing,
      And in the ear, not conscience, ring.

      🌿 Final Meditation

      Thinkling Stearns shares a reflection from Matthew 5.

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