April 2012
2 posts
March 2012
9 posts
“Faith is a history, new every morning. It is no state or attribute. It should...”
– Godthings:
This is beautiful.
Indeed and amen.
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“Whoever begins to concern himself with theology also begins to concern himself from first to last with wonders.”
— Karl Barth, Evangelical Theology: An Introduction (translated by Grover Foley) (via invisibleforeigner)
“I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us. If the...”
– Franz Kafka (via beatboxgoesthump)
Something in me tells me that he is “right.” But unfortunately, I read books for pleasure.
February 2012
24 posts
“It came burning hot into my mind, whatever he said and however he flattered,...”
– John Bunyan
“Prayer is not a machine. It is not magic. It is not advice offered to God. Our...”
– Godthings:
“We make requests of our fellow creatures as well as of God: we ask for the salt,...”
– Godthings:
Further up and further in
When I’m tired I read Psalms and the Last Battle. Both work.
Interesting article about women's equality in the... →
rsf:
Thomas Cole referred me to this article and I thought it was interesting. I like hearing other women’s struggles with the gender inequality that is often found in Christian culture. Sometimes I feel crazy so it’s nice to feel some camaraderie here.
This is why people shouldn’t listen to John Piper.
godthings:
“[T]o a Christian existence is a story, which may end up in any way. In a thrilling novel (that purely Christian product) the hero is not eaten by cannibals; but it is essential to the existence of the thrill that he might be eaten by cannibals. The hero must (so to speak) be an eatable hero. So in Christian morals, in short, it is wicked to call a man ‘damned’: but it is strictly...
Godthings: “The gift of God is God himself. The... →
godthings:
“The gift of God is God himself. The ‘good things’ that he gives us are himself. This reveals in a surprising way what prayer is really all about: It is not about this or that, but about God’s desire to offer us the gift of himself—that is the gift of all gifts, the ‘one thing necessary.’ Prayer…
“I have heard from many sources that you are very religious, Natalia Dmitrievna,...”
– Godthings:
January 2012
11 posts
Books read of 2012 thus far
Working the Angles, Eugene Peterson
The Pastor, Eugene Peterson
The Art of Pastoring, David Hanson
The Crucifixion of Ministry, Andrew Purves
Till We Have Faces, C.S. Lewis
5 Jim Butcher books that don’t bear mentioning.
The Graveyard Book, Neal Gaimen
Holy Scripture, John Webster
The Call of the Wild, Jack London
The Warded Man, Peter V. Brett
The Wise Man’s Fear, Patrick...
Theology →
Lectures from one of my favorite theologians (Webster)
“Christian scholarship is the human race’s prodigious invention to defend...”
– Soren Kierkegaard
When I get out of here...where are my tic tacs...
I roped my roommate and his fiance into watching You’ve Got Mail tonight. This is what I do when I miss Caitlyn.
Godthings: “[Worshippers] don’t go to church to be... →
godthings:
“[Worshippers] don’t go to church to be entertained. They go to use the service, or if you prefer, to enact it. Every service is a structure of acts and words through which we receive a sacrament, or repent, or supplicate, or adore. And it enables us to do these things best—if you like, it…
December 2011
11 posts
“It was injustice that impelled me to think about justice, not the imperatives of...”
– Nicholas Wolterstorff, Justice
