You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer Alan Noble “Ragamuffin Ten Years Later

“Ragamuffin Ten Years Later

Brilliantly structured

His own acclaimed sequence of sonnets for the great Advent antiphons are also included

Drawn from The Brothers Karamazov

David Taylor

You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer Alan Noble “Ragamuffin Ten Years LaterSometimes we describe ourselves as trees. When we're thriving, we speak of being rooted and fruitful, in a good season. When we struggle, we might describe ourselves as withering, cut off from friendship and the world. These ways of describing ourselves matter because they shape the ways we live. But in a world dominated by efficiency, we have begun to use more unforgiving metaphors. We speak of ourselves as computers: we process things, we recharge.