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Stephen Morris

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Stephen has degrees in medieval history and theology from Yale and St. Vladmir's Orthodox Theological Academy. A former priest, he served as the Eastern Orthodox chaplain at Columbia University. His previous academic writing has dealt primarily with Late Antiquity and Byzantine church life.

He is also the Chair of the CORE Executive of Inter-disciplinary.net and organizes annual conferences on aspects of the supernatural, evil and wickedness, and related subjects. It was an I-D.net project that took him to Prague for the first time in 2001 and he immediately fell in love with the city! He has been back many, MANY times!

Stephen, a Seattle native, is now a long-time New York resident and currently lives in Manhattan with his partner, Elliot.
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Average rating: 4.26 · 35 ratings · 11 reviews · 7 distinct works

	Wellspring (Come Hell or High Water, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Deluge (Come Hell or High Water, #3) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rising (Come Hell or High Water, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Come Hell or High Water: The Complete Trilogy 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Good, the Bad, and the Body: Body Part Imagery as Patristic Metaphor for Vice and Virtue it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Golden Calf

Medieval manuscript depiction of Moses seeing the Hebrews worshipping the golden calf.

Aaron made a golden calf for the Hebrews to worship when Moses disappeared for six weeks high atop Mt. Sinai. What was he thinking?!

Aaron probably did not think of the golden calf as an “idol,” per se. Often, the image of a calf or bull was thought to be the throne of a god; the god was seated in the empty space

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Catch and Kill (Neon Meridian #1)

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Our Lady's Way of the Cross: A Marian Method in Praying the Traditional Via Crucis

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Our Lady Untier of Knots

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A year in the life of … What happens after the Battle of Chicago? Everyone and everything needs time to heal. But not just time. Healing isn’t just a passive thing that happens TO Chicago. Or Harry. Or anyone.
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“Gentleness is power that chooses to restrain itself. That is under control. Gentleness is someone strong who makes the choice to be careful with that strength.”
― Jim Butcher, Twelve Months

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