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Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Listen now | Chapters Three and Four
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Anthony Esolen
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Patterns (1956)
Our film this week takes us to the world of high finance, wherein you can give your life blood and try to be a decent person and yet be ground to…
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Anthony Esolen
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The Dream of the Rood
What did treasure mean in the poet’s time?. You didn’t trade a jewel for money, then. Where could you go with money, in eighth century England? What…
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Anthony Esolen
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12:29
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Isaac Watts
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Anthony Esolen
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WEALTH
Word of the Week
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Anthony Esolen
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It's "Summertime" Again
Artie Shaw plays Gershwin
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Debra Esolen
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Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Chapters One and Two
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Anthony Esolen
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Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Listen now | For this week, Chapters One and Two.  Join Tony each Friday this summer to hear the whole story, in installments.
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Anthony Esolen
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23:37
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Today's film reminds us that a man may be morally guilty of a crime he may not have committed in fact, and that punishment can bring healing to an…
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Anthony Esolen
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Our life is hid with Christ in God
The amazing thing about this short poem is that, In itself, it models the kind of hidden motion we ought to exercise as we go about our daily lives.
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Anthony Esolen
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6:32
Jesus Shall Reign
“Jesus Shall Reign” isn’t a prayer. It’s a declaration.  And it’s a happy coincidence in English that sun and Son are pronounced exactly alike.
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Anthony Esolen
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SUNSHINE
Perhaps, just perhaps, a little more of the sunshine that comes from the great world outdoors might make for a little more sunshine in the soul.
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Anthony Esolen
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7:05
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