meg burke

It's been a year since I began reflecting on memoires that have stirred my sympathy, and I hope to share more in the year ahead. I’ve read Azar Nafisi’s “Reading Lolita in Tehran” three times now. (I still haven’t read “Lolita” which is probably another topic!) Perhaps I keep returning because the memoire centres around hospitality and community, a group of students the author welcomes into her home to enjoy books, coffee, pastries and companionship. Beauty and belonging rad

I recently returned from a gathering at Windstone Farm , where we reflected on Lilias Trotter's life and work with Jennifer Trafton....

Good Friday seems a fitting time to revisit Rembrandt’s "The Three Crosses," which I discovered during a course on Rembrandt and Henri...

Recently I’ve come across a few books which have made me feel seen in aspects of my life and longings. I suspect it’s not incidental that these authors have experienced enduring health issues, something that has shaped my life these past few years in ways I’m still trying to understand. “This Homeward Ache” by Amy Baik Lee is on living with a view to the restoration God is bringing about, a future that doesn’t diminish the beauty of here and now, but is manifest in it. She we