Persons attempting to find a "text" in this [story] will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a "subtext" in it will be banished; persons attempting to explain, interpret, explicate, analyze, deconstruct, or otherwise "understand" it will be exiled to a desert island in the company only of other explainers.
BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR - Wendell Berry's introduction to Jayber Crow.
This article was posted to Jayber on 31 October 2007 by to the following categories: Stories.
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Senlis and Annecy
In a couple of days, Mandy and I are going to France on a missions trip with an intergenerational team from First Baptist Church to help two missionary families with church-planting. During our trip, we'll be updating our team blog with photos and stories, so please head on over there if you're interested in learning more.
Here's a picture of most of the members of the team:
Very cool, Mark. Godspeed!