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PERSPECTIVE 4 BYU COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
Pilgrimage and Patterns SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED at the end of the total solar eclipse. The moon slipped off-center, the shadows slid away, the stars faded, and those of us who [had traveled miles] and were moved to tears 60 seconds earlier gathered our things and began to walk away. The sun was still mostly eclipsed, but we were spoiled. For one moment it looked like the sun had exploded and we stared at the heavens. But almost instantly the normal patterns of daily life clicked back into place, and we didn’t even stay for the third act. I’ve been persuaded that just as good authors establish patterns in their writing, the Divine Author of our existence establishes patterns in His dealings with His children. These patterns aren’t immediately apparent and require us to be readers of our own experience—to see threads of divine intervention as constituting a larger design. God’s intervention in our lives is nothing if not excessive—the brilliant design of it, the precision with which it addresses our personal concerns, the kindness of it. The mundane and the transcendent are enmeshed: there's gridlock traffic on I-15 and a stunning sunset. The patterns of life are simply more complex and more dimensional than we might recognize. It was because one of the most familiar patterns in my life shifted for a moment that I realized my thoughts [here] are not about patterns but about moments of rupture— moments when familiar patterns do not hold. These moments can reveal something profound about God’s power and care for us, but only if we use language to understand and preserve them. Scholars in the humanities know what every scholar of faith knows: events that are recorded, shared, analyzed, and preserved have the power to change lives; events that pass unremarked—that are not discussed or written down—simply do not, no matter how spectacular. —MARY EYRING, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH Adapted from her <strong>2017</strong> BYU Education Week talk, “Models and Mentors: My Journey as a Scholar of Faith.” For more perspectives on the solar eclipse, including ancient Greek philosophy and Mayan culture, visit the College of Humanities website, bit.ly/eclipses17.
Page 1 and 2: HUMANITIES BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
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Page 5: The Endless Capacity of Human Being
Page 9 and 10: QUOTE “I feel like life doesn't h
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Page 13 and 14: FACULTY RESEARCH Humanities Pathway
Page 15 and 16: JESSE PETERSEN FALL 2017 13
Page 17 and 18: men and women of different creeds,
Page 19 and 20: "The limits of my language mean the
Page 21 and 22: ELIJAH THOMAS Introduction and Conc
Page 23 and 24: All of us were suddenly outside and
Page 25 and 26: RETROSPECTIVES The Essential Experi
Page 27 and 28: CROSSROADS By Study, by Faith, and

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