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From In the Beginning Was the Word
Paul and John, the storm of fire and the calm immensity of the sea, speak as one..
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The Wizard of Oz (1939)
You know that 1939 was Hollywood’s most tremendous year, when The Wizard of Oz doesn’t win the Oscar for Best Picture.
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"Now my charms are all o'erthrown"
William Shakespeare -- writer, actor, director -- comes out to the edge of the stage for his final appearance, to beg a gracious farewell from his…
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Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee
Beyond all that we hope Jesus does for us, we want the person, we want, as he has said, to abide in him, as we want him to abide in us
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Charm
“Music hath power to soothe the savage breast,” says Shakespeare's Lorenzo, and there is something magical about song.
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"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B"
On our side of the pond, if you think of female singers and the second world war, you likely think of The Andrews Sisters.
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Debra Esolen
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Memorial: "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
Poetry Aloud this week is a tribute to memory, and to the mysterious bond of brotherhood we feel with any human being who walked the earth before us.
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
Watch this film to see what real actors can do when they are given deeply human roles to play, without a lot of fanfare, super-serious “messages,” and…
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"The Soldier"
In a way, the soldier is closer to the saint -- not in character, perhaps, but in sacrifice -- than we might suppose.
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Now the Laborer's Task is O'er
Christian poets have never been cowed by the prospect of death. Here we weep, but not there, where every tear shall be wiped away.
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For Memorial Day: "In Flanders Fields"
Listen now | In Belgium, at the Flanders Fields Memorial, you can read about the poet, in French and English, and you can read the poem, too.
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"On the Street where You Live"
In significant ways, Lerner and Loewe were an unlikely team, and yet unlikely teams such as Rogers and Hart were making successful musicals in the…
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Debra Esolen
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Revisiting: The Old Cumberland Beggar
Listen now (25 min) | Poetry Aloud: Wordsworth & Moral Observation
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The Valley of Decision (1945)
The place is Pittsburgh. The time is the 1870's, when the city was flooded with immigrants from northern and central Europe.
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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
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