I’m breaking several rules by re-posting this at progarchy–including our rules that stress we should never write about 1) religion or 2) politics.
Apologies!
However, I wrote this piece about the incredible Anglo-Welsh Man of Letters, Christopher Dawson (1889-1970), while not only listening to Big Big Train but while also consciously trying to imitate Greg Spawton’s and David Longdon’s lyric-writing styles into straight prose. I might have failed miserable, but I had a great time trying.
Stories of glass and stone—which told of the holy and sainted—convinced young Christopher Dawson that a saint was a saint not because of his or her individual talents, but as a continuation of the deepest longings and desires of the Church… 1,275 more words
via Etched in Glass and Stone: The Childhood of Christopher Dawson — The Imaginative Conservative
Progarchy 
Why get in trouble, the bible is just a collection of fairy stories not dissimilar to a good percentage of Prog albums.
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I didn’t know we had rules – I’ve definitely broken them more than once lol. Great article, as always, Brad. I wish I had 1% of your talent as a writer.
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