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C.S. Lewis on Love
“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even … Continue reading
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“Excellent!”
Part of the Advent reading from Phillipians this week (Phil 1-11) is verse 10, of which a portion says “so that you approve what is excellent.” And of course, child of 80s and 90s as I am, I immediately thought … Continue reading
Psalm 109:8- The Misuse of Scripture
To call this new campaign by the religious right misguided is an understatement. Below you’ll find a newsclip focusing on the religious right’s (mis)use of Psalm 109:8. The video which follows is a well-articulated rebuttal to such fear-based violence from … Continue reading
Can the Church Really Show Christ’s Love If…
If you’ve read the past few entries in this blog, you may know that I am in a bit of a transition church-wise. My home church is a wonderful, caring, giving, living group. However, I find a lack of peers … Continue reading
“No Comparing:” Reflections on George MacDonald 20
Here there is no room for ambition. Ambition is the desire to be above one’s neighbor; and here there is no possibility of comparison with one’s neighbor: no one knows what the white stone contains except the man who receives … Continue reading
Inexorable Love: Reflections on G. MacDonald 2
Nothing is inexorable but love. Love which will yield to prayer is imperfect and poor. Nor is it then the love that yields, but its alloy…For love loves unto purity. Love has ever in view the absolute loveliness of that … Continue reading
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