A Song of Ascension
He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. Eph. 4.10 RSV
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"And Yet Further Back": Mother Maria of Normanby on Meeting the Psalms Face-to-Face
"I had studied the Psalms, form, rhythm, content, historical background, as they were sung from age to age, in liturgical harmony, of joy...
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"Truth Does Not Know Fear": Nikolai Berdyaev on Freedom, Fanaticism,& Conspiracy Theories
"The man in whom intolerance reaches the point of flaring up, the point of fanaticism, is like a jealous person: he sees everywhere only...
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Dying, Isaiah Remembers
whatever I said then here I am it was too much to take in woe woe woe now I remember high and lifted up nothing but the pining look but...
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The Logic of Cross/Resurrection vs the Logic of Cause-Effect
Craig Keen argues that the logic of crucifixion/resurrection stands over against the logic of cause-effect: Causation is a subcategory...
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"In the Mode of the Uncreated": Christos Yannaras on the Bodily Existence of the Risen Christ
"By his obedience to the Father’s will even to the point of death, Christ leads his human nature to the perfect renunciation of every...
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Confession and Confusion: Robert Jenson on the Gospel Among Competing Messages
"The church understands itself as a community sent into the world to speak there a certain message. But since the church is a real...
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Shards of Contemplation
"Job took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes." Job 2.8 "Christ is a shard of glass in your gut." Christian...
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The Gospel According to the Minor Prophets
The Gospel according to Hosea: God's love wounds God's love can be wounded God's love, wounded, heals the wounding The Gospel according...
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Freedom from Fanaticism: Karl Rahner on the Nature of Christian Maturity
"Any number of things in our lives are borne along and done without being scrutinized. There is no avoiding this, and this is why we are...
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All Possible Petitions: Simone Weil on Praying the Lord’s Prayer
"The Our Father contains all possible petitions; we cannot conceive of any prayer not already contained in it. It is to prayer what...
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With God, No Tact is Needed: Robert Jenson on Prayer
"Prayer should encompass the full range of personal addresses. None of the forms of address we use to each other need or should be...
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Tradition and Traditionalism
“A tradition is an act of forgiveness.” —Charles Mathewes "An authentic tradition can be distinguished from an ideology by its capacity...
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