Belief is not a static illusion to be knocked down at the introduction of a new scientific hypothesis or discovery. Faith is an orientation of soul, a posture toward God\’s universe that finds expression in many religious traditions.
Brandon was 3 the first time another mother called me to schedule a playdate.
\”A playdate,\” I giggled. \”That\’s so clever! Did you make that up yourself?\” (The dead silence on the other end of the phone clued me in that I had just made a monumental maternal faux pas that could potentially rival my last monumental maternal faux pas of offering up a bag of artificially colored/flavored Cheetos — rather than the au natural variety — to my son\’s playgroup.) The other mother suddenly had a dire emergency and promised to call back. She didn\’t.
Dara Horn wrote an exuberant scene in her stunning debut novel, \”In the Image,\” upon returning to her dreary garret flat during a year abroad in 1999. \”I\’d been to this dismal British market in which an entire aisle was devoted to butter and fats,\” the ebullient Horn, 25, said animatedly. \”I recall a product called \’beef drippings.\’ The produce was wilting. All the milk was expired yesterday. I was very homesick.\”
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