Amanda Patchin

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Amanda Patchin is a freelance writer and education consultant from Boise, Idaho. She reads a bit more than average and loves nothing more than conversation about a good book. Her love of the written word occasionally produces a poem or an article and her love of food often produces dinner.

Recent Essays

Noticing Birds

Amanda Patchin - January 29, 2020

We don’t have to escape to a new and better location with more perfect neighbors. We need to lovingly attend to the ones we have.

Language and Power

Amanda Patchin - December 20, 2019

"We wade through a torrent of words and images every day, and yet we mostly lack a clear understanding of what language is and can be for the human..."

The Pleasures of a Liturgical Calendar of Reading

Amanda Patchin - December 2, 2019

The day after Thanksgiving yields a joy of three parts. The first joy is that of an introvert newly restored to peace and quiet...