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The religious world of Abraham Lincoln

The religious world of Abraham Lincoln

byThomas S. Bremer

Religion in the early history of Springfield, Illinois, through the period of Abraham Lincoln’s residency there, which had a formative impact on Lincoln’s own religious faith.

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Ravens

Ravens

byThomas S. Bremer

Can the ravens hear poetry in the gray wind or sighs in the night?

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Hope beyond pandemic?

Hope beyond pandemic?

byThomas S. Bremer

In finding a way to live on earth more prosperously, we have lost our ability to live with earth more harmoniously. We are desperate for new geographies of hope.

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Autumn Pilgrimage in the Bighorns

Autumn Pilgrimage in the Bighorns

byThomas S. Bremer

Photo essay: a return to the Bighorn mountains in Wyoming for an autumn pilgrimage to the Medicine Wheel and a turning of seasons.

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The Religious and Spiritual Appeal of National Parks

The Religious and Spiritual Appeal of National Parks

byThomas S. Bremer

Religious elements of national parks may not be obvious, but visitors’ experiences rely to some extent on traditions of religious travel and religio-aesthetic interpretations.

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Wilderness of Hope

Wilderness of Hope

byThomas S. Bremer

Wilderness is a fantasy of human desires born of a false binary of wild nature without people. But imagining wilderness might deliver us to a new geography of hope.

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Langston Hughes Slept Here

Langston Hughes Slept Here

byThomas S. Bremer

Springfield, Illinois, is a Lincoln-haunted town, and much of the old downtown has a Lincoln association of some sort or another. But more than Lincoln has happened there.

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A yogic experience of raisin

A yogic experience of raisin

byThomas S. Bremer

A poem written for a yoga class relates the experience of meditating on a raisin and the transformative potential in contemplating raisinness.

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Considering Tourism

Considering Tourism

byThomas S. Bremer

At many tourist sites, authenticity reigns as the holy grail of the religious quest, a sacred commodity positioned to seduce touristic desires.

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Black Robes and the Book of Heaven

Black Robes and the Book of Heaven

byThomas S. Bremer

A Nez Perce delegation arrived in St. Louis in 1831, but Protestants and Catholics tell very different stories about them.

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Lessons in whiteness

Lessons in whiteness

byThomas S. Bremer

Even well-meaning opinions by voices presuming to be immune from the racist elements of their whiteness cannot avoid the histories embedded in their language, attitudes, and perspectives.

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Moonrise over Meeman-Shelby Forest

Moonrise over Meeman-Shelby Forest

byThomas S. Bremer

The moon rises over the forested horizon as we witness its appearance from the lake shore. How many moonrises have we seen across these waters?

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