Lighting a candle today for Flannery O’Connor, who died on Aug 3 1964 at age 39, whose letters “The Habit of Being” changed my life. Faith, she showed, is not so much a matter of believing certain things but seeing the world in a certain way, living in the light of that vision.

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“Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it be there.”—Flannery O’Connor, d 8/3/64
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We're gonna build a bond fire.
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Wonderful
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her writing save my life... no joking around
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I love Flannery. Wrote my thesis and dissertation about her. Cried at her death and sent a poem to her mother: "Clayborn Possibilities," about all Flannery had wrought. Bless her.
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