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I want to share with you two reader comments we received recently that bear witness to the transformative power of The Imaginative Conservative:
“What you have added to my morning routine is transformative. You are truly a breath of fresh air, where stagnant, unimaginative thinking rules too many morning routines.” —Caston Thomas
“Just to say that I absolutely adore this page and the essays on the site. It helps me to feel that I’m not alone in this strange world I find myself in.” —David Hodges
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“I sometimes think that we stand at the sunset. It may be that night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows again out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the lantern bearers my friend, for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.”
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I join those who praise this site. Agree or disagree, the essays here enlighten and challenge, bringing perennial issues under a charitable, Godly light. Anticipating space in my budget due to the corona stimulus I’ve put the Imaginative Conservative first on my list for some modest support when it arrives. Thank you for your essential voice. God’s Blessings on all of you, editors and contributors.
Thank you so much for this lovely note, and for your support!
I mourn the lack of people reading, as I’ve always been one. From an early age, according to my mother even as an infant in the crib I was fascinated by books, We were not a family with lots of money but we did always have books available, either purchased or loaned from the library. During my growing up years I frequently stopped at the library on my walk home from school. Loaded up with reading material I staggered the rest of the way home. My mother often read the books I brought home as well. When I was raising my own family the library was introduced to them at an early age. Later in life having time with grandchildren meant getting to read to them! A live without books would be an empty life indeed! At 86 I still keep stacks of books, those I’ve read, those I hope to read, and the rest “just because” I like books. In my imagination I see Heaven with a huge library with the authors close by to talk with!
I have only recently discovered The Imaginative Conservative but it is now the highlight of my week. While I do not have time to read all the essays, I love making my selection when the email reminder comes through. I have a lot of personal heartache in my life at the moment and the essays of The Imaginative Conservative are so uplifting they help to keep hope alive. I agree with David’s comment above – that it has also made me feel I am not alone – that there are others who think like I do. And, incidentally, I am just about to read ‘The Lantern Bearers’ having recently read the other two books in the trilogy.