You and I are not machines. We are trees. That’s just one of the beautiful observations in Joy Clarkson’s latest book, You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer. Joy joins us this week for a delightful conversation about metaphors and how they deepen our understanding of the human experience, including love, sadness, creativity, and even our own humanity.

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You Are a Tree: And Other Metaphors to Nourish Life, Thought, and Prayer by Joy Clarkson

Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry by Hans Boersma

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Shakespeare poem, Sonnet 116

Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

A Series of Unfortunate Events series by Lemony Snicket

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life by Clare Carlisle

Caravaggio: A Life Sacred and Profane by Andrew Graham-Dixon

Secrets of God: Writings of Hildegard of Bingen translated by Sabina Flanagan

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