Dori Moody
@dorimoody.bsky.social
Editor @Plough; Member @Bruderhof
The Shire, Terebethia, Narnia
Ingalls, Nesbit, Eager, Ransome
The Shire, Terebethia, Narnia
Ingalls, Nesbit, Eager, Ransome
"Once we have experienced the word of God, we do not have the right not to receive it; once we have received it, we do not have the right not to allow it to become flesh in us,"
Madeleine Delbrêl
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Madeleine Delbrêl
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October 25, 2025 at 8:39 PM
"Once we have experienced the word of God, we do not have the right not to receive it; once we have received it, we do not have the right not to allow it to become flesh in us,"
Madeleine Delbrêl
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Madeleine Delbrêl
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"Saints do shocking things . It's what makes them saints." Spoken by Apple, the pig.
A wonderful Christmas story. #SusannaClarke reads beautifully; the music and audio tracks are exquisite. A gorgeous way to spend 35 minutes today.
A wonderful Christmas story. #SusannaClarke reads beautifully; the music and audio tracks are exquisite. A gorgeous way to spend 35 minutes today.
October 18, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"Saints do shocking things . It's what makes them saints." Spoken by Apple, the pig.
A wonderful Christmas story. #SusannaClarke reads beautifully; the music and audio tracks are exquisite. A gorgeous way to spend 35 minutes today.
A wonderful Christmas story. #SusannaClarke reads beautifully; the music and audio tracks are exquisite. A gorgeous way to spend 35 minutes today.
I read *Till We Have Faces* through for the second time--incredibly moving, perhaps #CSLewis' greatest work of fiction. Adding below the most stimulating quotes:
September 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
I read *Till We Have Faces* through for the second time--incredibly moving, perhaps #CSLewis' greatest work of fiction. Adding below the most stimulating quotes:
Superbly written and devastating.
#JosephKanon's *Leaving Berlin* sums up the moral mess that world WWII unleashed. I could not bear the ending.
#JosephKanon's *Leaving Berlin* sums up the moral mess that world WWII unleashed. I could not bear the ending.
September 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Superbly written and devastating.
#JosephKanon's *Leaving Berlin* sums up the moral mess that world WWII unleashed. I could not bear the ending.
#JosephKanon's *Leaving Berlin* sums up the moral mess that world WWII unleashed. I could not bear the ending.
"When you are in prayer, do not ask to be entirely free of mental wandering, which is impossible, but seek to wander following something that is good."
Isaac the Syrian
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Isaac the Syrian
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August 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
"When you are in prayer, do not ask to be entirely free of mental wandering, which is impossible, but seek to wander following something that is good."
Isaac the Syrian
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Isaac the Syrian
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Delighted to listen to *The Gabriel Hounds* by #MaryStewart. Read superbly by Davina Porter.
July 29, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Delighted to listen to *The Gabriel Hounds* by #MaryStewart. Read superbly by Davina Porter.
If you could be alone with Christ for a few hours...no, you wouldn't ask him why life is unfair; you would only adore.
Clarence Jordan 💯
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Clarence Jordan 💯
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July 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
If you could be alone with Christ for a few hours...no, you wouldn't ask him why life is unfair; you would only adore.
Clarence Jordan 💯
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Clarence Jordan 💯
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And in the lately radiant west
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
July 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
And in the lately radiant west
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
The gold is fading into gray.
Now stills the lark his festive lay,
And mourns with me the dying day.
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Nobody can sum up truth like #JaneKenyon
July 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Nobody can sum up truth like #JaneKenyon
#Marston invented an early lie detector test...but he is best known for creating Wonder Woman.
#Hummel was a nun who annoyed Hitler...but she is best known for her figurines.
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#Hummel was a nun who annoyed Hitler...but she is best known for her figurines.
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June 19, 2025 at 12:52 AM
#Marston invented an early lie detector test...but he is best known for creating Wonder Woman.
#Hummel was a nun who annoyed Hitler...but she is best known for her figurines.
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#Hummel was a nun who annoyed Hitler...but she is best known for her figurines.
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William Moulton Marsden vrs Maria Innocentia Hummel:
Two art contemporaries, one a charlatan, one a nun; two different results: Which do you prefer?
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Two art contemporaries, one a charlatan, one a nun; two different results: Which do you prefer?
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June 10, 2025 at 1:30 AM
William Moulton Marsden vrs Maria Innocentia Hummel:
Two art contemporaries, one a charlatan, one a nun; two different results: Which do you prefer?
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Two art contemporaries, one a charlatan, one a nun; two different results: Which do you prefer?
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"Hitler was speechless. One of her sisters in the convent later recounted, 'Maria Innocentia Hummel would speak full of consternation about his eyes, how for one moment he had looked into her face.'”
I see the eyes that confounded wanna-be artist Adolf Hitler too:
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I see the eyes that confounded wanna-be artist Adolf Hitler too:
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June 8, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"Hitler was speechless. One of her sisters in the convent later recounted, 'Maria Innocentia Hummel would speak full of consternation about his eyes, how for one moment he had looked into her face.'”
I see the eyes that confounded wanna-be artist Adolf Hitler too:
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I see the eyes that confounded wanna-be artist Adolf Hitler too:
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Our bush lemon tree is loaded right now. We grew this from seed and then grafted from a local tree, yielding fruit approximately twice the size of the native variety.
May 27, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Our bush lemon tree is loaded right now. We grew this from seed and then grafted from a local tree, yielding fruit approximately twice the size of the native variety.
Years ago our son grafted a tangerine. This year the fruit from this tree is prolific and oh so sweet!
May 12, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Years ago our son grafted a tangerine. This year the fruit from this tree is prolific and oh so sweet!
May 1st is my grandmother's birthday. Oma Rose had more courage than many I know. I tell her story (and the story of her tumultuous marriage) here for @plough.bsky.social
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May 1, 2025 at 2:58 AM
May 1st is my grandmother's birthday. Oma Rose had more courage than many I know. I tell her story (and the story of her tumultuous marriage) here for @plough.bsky.social
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April 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
*Our Man in Havana* Graham Greene 🔥
March 31, 2025 at 5:49 AM
*Our Man in Havana* Graham Greene 🔥
This quote means a lot to me:
March 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
This quote means a lot to me:
In my Australian home it is vine and fig tree time. Do come and sit under them with me.
January 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In my Australian home it is vine and fig tree time. Do come and sit under them with me.
Why do cats insist on sitting in boxes, especially ones too small for them?
January 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Why do cats insist on sitting in boxes, especially ones too small for them?
If I am to hold the love that "is turned toward community," then I must drop everything else. Words of #Augustine. H/T:
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January 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
If I am to hold the love that "is turned toward community," then I must drop everything else. Words of #Augustine. H/T:
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January 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Claude Jarman Jr. died yesterday at the age of 90. He was unforgettable as Jody Baxter in *The Yearling*. I can't count the number of times we watched this fantastic film together with our family.
January 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Claude Jarman Jr. died yesterday at the age of 90. He was unforgettable as Jody Baxter in *The Yearling*. I can't count the number of times we watched this fantastic film together with our family.