Posts tagged "George Harcourt"
Lloyd Douglas’ Green Light – The Wisdom of Dean Harcourt

Lloyd Douglas’ Green Light – The Wisdom of Dean Harcourt

George Harcourt is the name of the Dean of Trinity Cathedral (Episcopal) in the 1937 novel Green Light by Lloyd Douglas. When we come into the action of the book, Dean Harcourt has been Dean of Trinity for 20 years. A victim of polio, Dean Harcourt cannot walk. His entire ministry consists of pastoral appointments on weekdays and preaching on Sunday mornings and on special occasions.

His pastoral and religious wisdom is, to be sure, the wisdom of his creator, Lloyd Douglas, who served in the parish ministry for decades before exchanging it for a full-time…

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In the Words of Judge Dredd: "I am the Law!" – An Introduction and Definition

In the Words of Judge Dredd: "I am the Law!" – An Introduction and Definition

Okay folks, we have heard your cry for some sort of blog glossary, and we have finally figured out a way to go about it:) We have decided that we will post a definition once a week in order to allow for discussion and dialogue instead of simply putting up a permanent list with which no one can really engage.

SO, what follows is by no means authoritative or exhaustive; rather, it is our attempt to put some of the often-used terminology—Mockingbirdese, if you will—into context. One of the intentions of our ministry is to wrestle with…

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