Posted on October 17, 2009 by wanderingtree
Today a day for my mind to ramble and explore. Currently reading Speaking in Parables by Sallie McFague and The Orthodox Heretic by Peter Rollins, both of which explore the metaphoric implications of parables. Upon researching Sallie McFague’s bacckground online, came across Theopoetics(dot)net, a fascinating site exploring the relationship between postmodernism, narrative, poetry and theology.
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Posted on January 16, 2009 by wanderingtree
“Truth is truth, whether from the lips of Jesus or Balaam.”
We are either attracted or repelled by statements like this. When we are attracted to the quiet wisdom or the blunt direction given by such statements, we often reduce the value of it by incorporating it into some ad campaign or slapping it on a [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2009 by wanderingtree
I’m quickly falling into the trap of simply compiling entries, instead of reflecting on each one. Conveniently, however, these three entries all focus on the concept of Forgiveness, on how forgiveness illuminates our relationship with God, and our relationship with each other, and how those relational pairs are inextricably connected.
In “I Knew Child,” MacDonald relates [...]
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Posted on January 6, 2009 by wanderingtree
The first day back from Winter Break went rather well, I think. Though we are still winding down the 1st semester (3rd marking period doesn’t technically start until Jan. 20th- I know, weird, right?), I broke out the new syllabus to share my objectives and expectations for the rest of the year with my students. [...]
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Posted on January 1, 2009 by wanderingtree
That man is perfect in faith who can come to God in the utter dearth of his feelings and desires, without a glow or an aspiration, with the weight of low thoughts, failures, neglects, and wandering forgetfulness, and say to Him, “Thou art my refuge.”
Happy New Year to all! I have not made any New [...]
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