On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside of the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of conditions. Does anyone have the foggiest idea what sort of power we so blithely invoke? Or, as I suspect, does no one believe a word of it? The churches are children playing on the floor with their chemistry sets, mixing [...]
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Crash Helmets and Signal Flares
Posted in God, Holiness on December 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Language of God
Posted in God, Poetry on December 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Since poetry is our best human model of intricately rich communication, not only solemn, weighty, and forceful but also densely woven with complex internal connections, meanings, and implications, it makes sense that divine speech should be represented in poetry. Robert Alter, The Art of Biblical Poetry, pg. 141
Charles Williams on “God Is Love”
Posted in Church/Theology, God, Love on August 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The famous saying ‘God is love’, it is generally assumed, means that God is like our immediate emotional indulgence, not that the meaning of love ought to have something of the ‘otherness’ and terror of God. Charles Williams
“The orange peel hung on God’s chandelier”
Posted in Existence, God, Life on July 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
That, you know, is why the world exists at all. It remains outside the cosmic garbage can of nothingness, not because it is such a solemn necessity that nobody can get rid of it, but because it is the orange peel hung on God’s chandelier, the wishbone in His kitchen closet. He likes it; therefore, [...]
