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\"\"<\/a>Maybe you remember these lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things \u2014 trout as well as eternal salvation \u2014 come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love these lines. I love this book. I love the first page of this book as much as the first page of anything, I think.<\/p>\n

And I love this film, which is radiant with love: Robert Redford\u2019s love of Montana and Norman Maclean, and Norman Maclean\u2019s love of the natural world and the master artist who imagined it all.<\/p>\n

Redford\u2019s adaptation of\u00a0A River Runs Through It<\/em> turned 20 years old last week. Today, it remains vivid and fresh and profound. It restores my soul. Last night, I watched this instead of watching the presidential debates. It rescued me from the divisiveness and hostility and dualism that poisons our political dialogue (especially online) even as it presents a vision of what we would do well to value in this American life. I slept well, dreaming of rivers and streams and fly fishing and Montana and light, and more light, and more light.<\/p>\n

And when I woke up, the world seemed new, and so did God\u2019s mercies.<\/p>\n

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