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May 24, 2010, Christianity (85), Church (77), Food for the Soul (55)

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In his "Meditation XVII," John Donne, the celebrated 17th-century poet (and priest in the Church of England), left us some timeless theology. The meditation comes from Donne's Devotions on Emergent Occasions, which he wrote while recovering from a series illness.  

It's worthy of reading often.  (And, if you didn't know, this is where Hemingway got his title for "For Whom the Bell Tolls.")

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