concentric

“Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups,” Francis wrote.

Whether chronicling the tragic history of the American chestnut, or the anger of contemporary activists confronting climate change, Powers’ concentric plots spin.

We exist in concentric realms, and our multifarious lives can only be lived.

Each of its brightly colored concentric circles would soon be occupied as children plopped down for story time and games such as Jenga.

Unlike at many such events, people were allowed to move at an unhurried pace, flowing in concentric circles around the casket set atop the same catafalque used in 1865 to hold Abraham Lincoln’s body.