“Ask the questions that have no answers. /
Invest in the millenium. Plant sequoias. /
Say that your main crop is the forest/
that you did not plant, /
that you will not live to harvest.”
-Wendell Berry,
who was born on this date, 1934
(Happy 80th Birthday!!!)
Poem of the Day:
“It is Hard To Have Hope”
Wendell Berry
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C. Christopher Smith is the founding editor of The Englewood Review of Books. He is also author of a number of books, including most recently How the Body of Christ Talks: Recovering the Practice of Conversation in the Church (Brazos Press, 2019). Connect with him online at: C-Christopher-Smith.com

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