Gathering of Larks Carroll Abigail
Gathering of Larks Carroll Abigail Who was Saint Francis? But A Gathering of Larks, containing forty personal letters from Abigail Carroll to Francis, reveals him to be a complex man who lived a…
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Gathering of Larks Carroll Abigail
Who was Saint Francis? But A Gathering of Larks, containing forty personal letters from Abigail Carroll to Francis, reveals him to be a complex man who lived a fascinating life of radical faith.These letters--part devotion, part historical biography, part contemporary engagement, and part inspiration--reveal Carroll's curiosity and wonder about Francis. Today he is most often a sweet ceramic statue in a garden, a sentimentalized romantic figure.
She also uses Francis as a sounding board for larger questions about the world--and, through her own experience, explores how brokenness makes experiencing redemption possible.As beautiful as it is insightful, alight with a pilgrim's growing sense of discovery, A Gathering of She celebrates his whimsical idealism and impetuousness, explores his spirituality and commitment to poverty, and sometimes even questions him.