Tag Archives: Christianity
Rapture: In Other Words, Impatience and Distraction
I would be lying if I said the recent silliness of Harold Camping’s Rapture predictions and the subsequent commentary which followed before and after had not caused an interior restlessness and conflict within me. Not that for one moment I … Continue reading
The Monks Are Back…to stay? Pondering Monasticism and Oblation
+ It’s been over a month since I last posted here at WanderingTree, and I almost feel guilty about it. First of all, I am a teacher, and I find that the school year demands more time and priority, what … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, monasticism, Politics, Religion
The Christian in Solitude
The Last Anchorite, a documentary by Remigiusz Sowa, focuses on Father Lazarus, a Coptic monk living at St. Anthony of the Desert Monastery in Egypt. An Australian, former university professor, atheist, and Marxist, F. Lazarus left his comfortable life in his … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, monasticism, Religion, video
RamblePost: The Church Calendar, Divine Hours, Oxford, and Chesterton
Bit of a lag in blog posting lately, thought much is on my mind, so I will proceed here with a “ramble post,” which invites to the dinner table both connected and disconnected thoughts which have merrily jumped around my … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Education, Literature, Random, Religion
Gratitude and Adoration from Lewis and the Boys
Gratitude exclaims, very properly, “How good of God to give me this.” Adoration says, “What must be the quality of that Being whose far-off and momentary coruscations are like this!” One’s mind runs back up the sunbeam to the sun. … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Religion, Uncategorized, video
Wright Thinking for Pentecost
Currently reading N.T. Wright’s After You Believe, which is the perfect book for Pentecost. I’m about 70 pages in, so I can’t give a complete review of the book. However, I have reached what I think is the crux of … Continue reading
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The Choice to Be Narnian
We have a choice on how we live each day, and our choices include our influences as well. For some, this is an intense and challenging struggle. Caught in addiction, violence, or other outside force, the choice to succumb or … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Literature, Religion, Writing
This is the Morning.
“The term is over: The holidays have begun. The dream is ended: this is the morning.” So states Aslan at the end of the Narnia series, in The Last Battle. I have been listening to the series via audiobook for … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Literature, Religion, School
Episcopancakes
Shrove Tuesday has ended, and Lent officially begins tomorrow. I spent the night flipping pancakes and at Ascension, and enjoying the fellowship of new friends in Christ. I came home smelling startlingly like a slab of bacon. Tonight was my … Continue reading
Christianity and Time: Or “Yeah, I’m Late for the Presentation”
The Feast of the Presentation, or The Presentation of Christ at the Temple, also known as Candlemas, comes 40 days after Christmas, and celebrates the presentation of the baby Jesus at the Temple in Jerusalem by Mary and Joseph according … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, monasticism, Religion, scripture, Writing
