First Things RSS Feed - Jill P. Baumgaertner https://www.firstthings.com/author/jill-p-baumgaertner en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:34 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/jill-p-baumgaertner 60 Portrait of the Artist As a Young Evangelical https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/12/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-evangelical https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/12/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-evangelical Tue, 01 Dec 1992 00:00:00 -0500 Portofino
by Frank Schaeffer
Macmillan, 256 pages, $18

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Vivaldi plays the same in this language, 
keys rattle in locks,

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]]> Complex Phenomena https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/02/complex-phenomena https://www.firstthings.com/article/1991/02/complex-phenomena Fri, 01 Feb 1991 00:00:00 -0500 The rules of chaos are simple: A mountain 
is never a perfect cone. A lake 
is never really a circle. A drop

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by a. g. mojtabai
doubleday, 223 pages, $17.95

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