A Light So Lovely: The Spiritual Legacy of Madeleine L’Engle by Sarah Arthur

Takeaway: People are complicated. Over the past several years since I have started thinking more about how to spiritual formation works, I have been intentionally reading memoirs or biographies of people with the express purpose of mining spiritual wisdom. Among the most helpful books last year was a quartet of memoirs from Madeleine L’Engle that … Read more

Two Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage by Madeleine L’Engle (Crosswick Journal #4)

Summary: The last of the series of memoirs, about her husband and their marriage. Memoirs are about recounting and processing different of life. I appreciate that L’Engle has four different memoirs that are themed. I do not know of any other author that has done this. The first is about being a writer, mother, teacher … Read more

A House Like a Lotus by Madeleine L’Engle

Takeaway: On today’s after school special, Polly has to deal with serious things. I love Madeleine L’Engle’s writing. She takes young adults seriously, she writes about serious issues but she makes her characters real. So I pick up every one of L’Engle’s books when they come up for sale and I intentionally don’t read anything … Read more