Beauty is Oxygen: Finding a Faith that Breathes Play there are “gateways” that lead

there are “gateways” that lead readers to the back matter where certain themes

Let him not love the earth too deeply

At the center of this travel book lies a paradox: the Pilgrim's desire for the gift of stillness amid the flux and flow of time

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Beauty is Oxygen: Finding a Faith that Breathes Play there are “gateways” that leadIsolating individualism, rank injustice, and everyday monotony threaten to suffocate our souls. But Wesley Vander Lugt shows how beauty can breathe life back into us. Written in a graceful cadence that invites readers to turn these pages slowly, Beauty Is Oxygen weaves together theological reflection, poetry, cultural criticism, and Scripture. Throughout, Vander Lugt shows how beauty can break us out of self centered malaise, promote healing and hope