#Peace Like a River

[streetlights-all-turn-blue]

you can beat us with wires

you can beat us with chains

you can run out your rules

but you know you can’t outrun the history train

[jt1674]

[mybeautifulchristianjourney]

by Jacob Tanner | Bridge explains there is a world of difference between the genuine peace enjoyed by the Christian and the false peace counterfeited in the heart of the wicked. “True saving peace,” wrote Bridge, “is the child of grace, and the mother of grace… True saving peace, is such a peace as is wrought by faith. “Being...

[idratherdreamofjune]

Fortnight of Books: 2022

Day 10:

The book I read but have already forgotten:

One of the Patricia Wentworth titles is ringing no bells - the rest I have a general idea of the plot and a few standout scenes at least, but Outrageous Fortune is just... gone. :P

Book with a scene that left you reeling:

I can’t pick between Tenthragon (the END), Dracula (Mina crying “unclean” was pretty gutting), and Things We Couldn’t Say (when Diet was working in the laundry at the camp...). I thought for sure Peace Like a River was going to deserve a mention but the writing was just so... gentle? The awful events weren’t easy or sugarcoated, but I always felt prepared - I suspect the author was deliberately avoiding the shock factor, and the narrator had such a calm and gentle “voice”.

[joemayo65]

You can beat us with wires You can beat us with chains You can run out your rules But you know you can't outrun the history train

[diaryoftruequotes]

Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.

Leif Enger, Peace Like a River

[mxdwn]

Gov’t Mule Shares New Single “Made My Peace” From Upcoming Album ‘Peace…Like A River’

https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/06/18/news/govt-mule-shares-new-single-made-my-peace-from-upcoming-album-peacelike-a-river/

[caligvlasaqvarivm]

[mettywiththenotes]

I LOVE when we get a new perspective of a well-known scene!!!

[vogon-constructor-fleet]

Friend begged me to post this so im posting

[daughter-of-lethe]

Nesta Archeron "express what she wants, who she loves and what makes her happy"

Toxic Nesta Stans "no, she never said this" *turning her in a completely different version of herself, that she isn't*

[undertale-fic-librarby]

Drifting - Passive floating in a river, thinking about letting himself drift away while the sun occasionally peaks from behind clouds. Before a decision is made, Dream interrupts him. Sun appearances coincide with happier thoughts? Ends on positive note since Dream is like the sun?

Dust to Dust - Nightmare accidentally getting killed by Dream, probably with his bow? While Dream is shocked & Nightmare is turning into dust, it takes until someone points it out for Dream to notice he is also dusting away at the same time.

Revert - Nightmare is hit with a positivity arrow(?) & the goop melts off of him as he screams in agony, eventually going quiet as his passive form is revealed laying passed out. Once he wakes up, he's very confused & can't understand anyone except for Dream, since languages have changed.

Fall - Something based on an incident that happened to me, where a tree fell & crushed me when I was young. Nightmare would take the place of me, obviously, in his passive form.

[dinosaurwithablog]

This is where Hemple Creek joins the Stillaguamish River. In the summer, there are people fishing, picnicking, and panning for gold. I, personally, go there to listen to the river and cool off in the water and enjoy nature. It's very peaceful and relaxing. Petey, my dog, loves to play in the shallow parts of the river. She's the only dog that I know who can't swim. She walked into a deeper part of the river once and just sank. Bloop, bloop, bloop. She stood there on the bottom of the river, making bubbles and looking up at me, imploring me to get her outta there. It was adorable, just like her. 💙🩵💙

[idratherdreamofjune]

Fortnight of Books: 2022

Day 7:

Most memorable character:

There are even more good candidates than usual this year, I can narrow it down to a few though. Hugh, the extremely conflicted and disturbed initial antagonist of Tenthragon (Constance Savery) is introduced as a straightforward villain, but as his background unfolded the reader begins to pity him and long for his reconciliation. His brother and the rest of the household are all excellent characters in their own rights, but Hugh is the most dramatic, and the one who changes the most. Mr. Land, the miracle-working father of the narrator in Peace Like a River (Leif Enger - again, a book full of finely-drawn people) also deserves notice. He is, ostensibly, the main character, and as one of the most deeply loving fictional characters I’ve ever encountered he gives the tale its heart and impetus. Jonathan Harker (Dracula) gets a mention too, I was fully invested in his story from the beginning and his character growth is truly impressive (though in some ways not positive). He’ll get special attention in the next post. ;D

Most annoying character:

The journalist detective Jimmy London in Calamity in Kent (John Rowland) - he does a fair amount of lying and goes so far as to withhold a lot of information about the murder from the police simply for the purpose of trying to get a scoop. A slimy individual all around.

[aretakh]

What a scenery 🌳🌿💦