“... but at the immanent level it is a story of the perichoretic outpouring of love and birth between the three who are only in relation one to another. All three Persons, figuratively, give birth—the First Person as ...
Perichoresis
Theology Quote
I experience life in John Updike's bravery.
Updike's Christian faith didn't keep him from making true and profane characters. Actually, his faith probably made him a better observer of people, especially those in the ...
Updike’s Bravery
Book Quote
"If a child or brother or sister or a loved one of yours strays from the church in terms of faith practice and morality, as long as you continue to love that person, and hold him or her in union and forgiveness, he or she is ...
Joy to the World!
Theology Quote
I'm in a reading group with seven wonderful souls. Every Thursday we meet at one group member's house, Randy's, to discuss class readings.
I feel known in their presence.
We've been reading Martin Buber's I and Thou ...
Reading Group Reflections
From Lauren
"Nevertheless, this new mode of postmodern rationality is frightening to some Christians. They find it frightening because they have completely succumbed to a one-sided objectivism out of a deep-seated fear of the dangers of ...
William Stacy Johnson, “Reading the Scriptures Faithfully in a Postmodern Age”
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This song has been on repeat the past few days. I am moved by it with every listen. ...
“Kansas City” by Damien Jurado (mp3)
Music
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
-Albert ...
Albert Einstein on science and religion
Theology Quote
"May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart."
-Sr. Ruth Fox, OSB ...
Part I of a Four-Fold Franciscan Prayer
Theology Quote
In one of my undergrad classes, "Sentence Strategies," we had to keep track of wordly things we saw--grammar errors, funny mistakes, inspiring words, intricate sentences, unusual syntax. We gathered all these in a "paying ...
What this is about pt. II
From Lauren
I read your reviews, I studied the lines
I know them so well, my life's now a tragedy
One for the road, two for the plane
And I will be fine, as long as you take me.
If you return to me
Oh if you return to me
-Damien ...
Damien Jurado, “Beacon Hill”
Music
"A God you could prove makes the whole thing immensely, oh, uninteresting. Pat. Whatever else God may be, He shouldn't be pat."
-Roger Lambert in John Updike's Roger's ...
roger’s version, p. 24
Book Quote
I've been thinking about what makes me feel alive. What gets me excited and dreamy? What keeps me distracted in class?
Words, mostly. Poetry, creative nonfiction, song lyrics, literary criticism, theory.
I wanted to ...
The Glory of God
From Lauren