“secura mens quasi iuge convivium est” — The secure mind is like a perpetual feast! “6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively transferred to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up on behalf of one against … Continue reading
I have made an armistice and bound my hands together in prayer, not apart and holding to yours. No more. I have left it behind for the rolling and romping truce I have made twixt God and I. I heave in waves to solve you and dissolve your shade in the sun. The sky isn’t … Continue reading
School is almost out. This time last year, I was filling journals with lightning speed, inspired by all that I was learning (what it means to be a good woman, eschatology, music theory, etc.etc.). I watched the Tree of Life for the first time with friends that challenge my thinking, and ever since the film … Continue reading
from a poem I’m writing about my brother He took to evangelism early. Japan first. He always got sick, yet stayed and ministered to the temple-goers, stood before the small gods and sang in a language that the people did not understand, unless he were to sing “Hotel California” the teenage anthem of the Japanese. … Continue reading
An article from Fare Forward concerning Eliot’s idea that our experience in following Christ is inherently plagued with paradox, and by these paradoxes our spirituality finds its satisfaction. Continue reading
Because I do not hope to turn again Because I do not hope Because I do not hope to turn Desiring this man’s gift and that man’s scope I no longer strive to strive towards such things (Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?) Why should I mourn The vanished power of the usual … Continue reading
I’m listening to the Shins right now, but I am thinking about Dr. Erb’s psalm settings. Ain’t it nice to live in a world where I can have both? Which is better worth it to spend my time singing or listening to? I would think the Psalms are better simply by virtue of their purpose: … Continue reading
