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Structural Detail: St. Patrick's Cathedral

But for the celestial, young soprano, Mozart's Mass was indifferently sung in this hardly indifferent space. Afterward, we surged down the nave...
Anglican Theological Review, 07/01/08 by Thurston, Bonnie · More from publication
Was blind, but now I see

Was blind, but now I see Was blind, but now I see You have your sight, and yet you cannot see. --Tiresias, Oedipus Rex Driving into the city...
Christian Century, 09/04/07 by Bonnie Thurston · More from publication
Last Farm, The

I have driven by it for years on the way to the city, watched the siege as suburbia steadily encroached on, battered away at the last farm. ...
Anglican Theological Review, 07/01/06 by Thurston, Bonnie · More from publication
All Eve's children

All Eve's children All Eve's children It was not meant as exclusionary, the way the boy laid his arm along the pew, not touching her...
Christian Century, 01/24/06 by Bonnie Thurston · More from publication
Mourning

Mourning Mourning The old folks call it "wearing the willow." I think of a great green droop of foliage, slackness blowing in the...
National Catholic Reporter, 02/25/05 by Bonnie Thurston · More from publication
Temptation

It comes without horns, warts, gnashing teeth, barbed tail or cloven hoof, but nicely dressed in a business suit of subtle, pecuniary green. It has...
Theology Today, 07/01/04 by Thurston, Bonnie · More from publication

Winter Solstice Dawn

Without tantalizing smudges of light on the horizon, or the dramatic reach of rose-colored fingers, it suddenly appears over the edge of the hill...
Theology Today, 10/01/03 by Thurston, Bonnie · More from publication
Turning, The

Little things are most telling: Clarity of light after summer's haze; A damp, cool morning; Dew so thick and generous every blade of grass receives...
Theology Today, 10/01/03 by Thurston, Bonnie · More from publication
A Life Not My Own

A Life Not My Own A Life Not My Own In rare moments when I am home to myself, my heart is still, my pulse a psalm I know obscurely...
National Catholic Reporter, 06/20/03 by Bonnie Thurston · More from publication
Rahab's House

Rahab's House Rahab's House A crimson thread hangs in the window of the woman's house who took the risk and protected the...
National Catholic Reporter, 04/18/03 by Bonnie Thurston · More from publication