A literary reflection by Liv Booth on Sigrid Undset's Kristin Lavransdatter. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. “‘May God help me,’ said Erlend in a low voice. ‘I’ve been a foolish man.’” God hears the cry of the wanderer and rushes in. Kristin Lavransdatter, Sigrid Undset’s absorbing tale of sin and family, feels like a memory. Though we did not grow up on a manor farm in medieval Norway, the l...
