Monthly Archives: December 2007

A Live Coal in the Sea
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I finished L’Engle’s  A Live Coal in the Sea. It was hard to put down once I got going, even though there’s much in it that’s excruciating. It centers around a family’s attempt to absorb a variety of traumas through a surrounding “sea” of mercy. That’s the best way I can summarize it. The statement from … Continue reading

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