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Norman Kolenbrander

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Poetry’s Invitation

In the world I have known, poetry is appreciated, disparaged, or ignored—not necessarily in that particular order. I’d like to weigh in on the side

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Two Worlds

Stepping down from our tour bus at the visitor’s center, I found myself ankle deep in the finest, powdery dust I had ever encountered. My

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Faithful Imagination

As a friend and I walked down the hill, the emerald Aegean sparkled in the sun and lapped at the sides of a gleaming white

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This Other Eden

Listening to a book review podcast recently, I was intrigued by the title of a new book called This Other Eden. I have no idea

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Remembering My First Communion

On a leafy Sunday morning, the girls, adorned in lacy white dresses, and the boys, decked out in immaculate suits and ties, excitedly joined their

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First Communion

By Norman Kolenbrander On a leafy Sunday morning, the girls adorned in lacy white dresses, the boys in immaculate suits and ties, excitedly joined their

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Journey

by Norman Kolenbrander As we drove out of the city of Krakow, Poland, strips of ripening barley, oats, and rye unfurled outside the windows of

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