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The Calvinist to Deconstructionist Pipeline
Blessed are the Ordinary
“Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter” — Gandalf the Grey If you have been beaten down, plagued by failure, beset with weakness, count yourself among the ordinary – you too are human. If you long for a […]
Read MoreOverture: The Rooms We Inhabit, the Province of Grandmothers, a Constellation of Selves, and the Complexity of a Kiss
Originally posted on Proust in a Time of Coronavirus:
It is hard to say whether these novice observations on my first reading of In Search of Lost Time will run true through the entire novel or if they will be falsified as the pages wax on. This notion in itself is perhaps the most exhilarating…
A Confession
I am not a learned man, as I sit in this empty room I admit the diplomas on my wall are certificates of debt – nothing more; perhaps if my learning did not come through an untamed curiosity and fits of wild distraction I could speak higher of my higher education. My library is […]
Read MoreA Lullaby in the Storm
Don’t worry child, the flickers aren’t the horror film projection of your nightmares, or the fiery arrows of an intemperate god. The rumbles aren’t the drumbeat of giants warring in the sky, or boulders crashing down the mountain. The sheets of water that beat the window beside your bed aren’t a wind-blown flood, or a […]
Read MoreThe Audacity of Faith – Abiding in the Storm
Strong Son of God, immortal Love, Whom we, that have not seen thy face, By faith, and faith alone, embrace, Believing where we cannot prove… We have but faith: we cannot know; For knowledge is of things we see And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. – […]
Read MoreWho Was James of Jerusalem?
Originally posted on Eclectic Orthodoxy:
by Addison Hodges Hart It can be said, without much qualification at all, that James of Jerusalem, the “brother of the Lord,” was the most influential and respected leader of the early church before the year 62. So accustomed are we to regard Paul and/or Peter in that role that…
Regarding Trees
Cosmic realities have always been an area of fascination for me. My mind oscillates between the far-flung luminaries in space to the gritty stuff of earth like rocks and dust and mountains, but trees are of special significance for me. Trees, especially oak trees, are a dominant feature in my writing because I see them […]
Read MoreCelestial Dance
“…there is in all the things of earth a hidden glory waiting to be revealed, more radiant than a million suns…” – David Bentley Hart, The Doors of the Sea When you peer into the night and look upon those ancient lights that have spanned the void for untold ages to pour into your […]
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