Matthew’s genealogy highlights the fact that the humanity of Jesus comes entirely from his mother. Depending on your translation, we have the words “begot” or “was the father of” repeated thirty-nine times before we come to a striking break in the chain when, instead of “Joseph the father of” as we would expect, we get: … Continue reading Mary Offers to Us Our Humanity: a Cosmos Renewed in This Mother and Her Son
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Time, the Christ Child, and a Good Chat with Nate Hile at Grail Country
This post is really just a place to store away a few things for myself quickly that came to mind after a delightful conversation yesterday morning with Nate Hile at Grail Country. I don’t have time to develop these thoughts, but I want to drop them in one place where I can find them again … Continue reading Time, the Christ Child, and a Good Chat with Nate Hile at Grail Country
A Sermon for the Dormition by David Armstrong (with Brief Commentary)
If you have not yet read "You Did Not Forsake the World: A Sermon for the Dormition" by David Armstrong at A Perennial Digression, please leave this page and do so. With David's permission, I'm reposting much of it here with two brief connections of my own afterward (in hopes that another few readers might … Continue reading A Sermon for the Dormition by David Armstrong (with Brief Commentary)
Introduction to a Goddess Who I Have Known from Childhood
It is entirely reasonable to think that there was once, in China, the daughter of a Lin family in a fishing village of Fujian Province, possibly on the island of Meizhou, who was born in the late 10th century and who came to be loved as a soothsayer by the people of the region during … Continue reading Introduction to a Goddess Who I Have Known from Childhood
Blue: Notes on the Color of a Receptive Mind
Whatever I might have known of this before (and I do recall reading this beautiful essay among others), I have just relearned it. Blue is the color of contemplation because it is “in effect looking at darkness through light, or (we could say) from the viewpoint of light” (39). This and much more are expounded … Continue reading Blue: Notes on the Color of a Receptive Mind
John Milbank on Our Participation in Mary’s Assent (and Much More)
David Artman’s recent podcast interview with John Milbank presented a staggering wealth of topics and summarized material from a remarkably large portion of John Milbank’s long and wide-ranging career. While tempted to transcribe more, I just ended up taking a few notes for my own future reflection. However, here are a few samples: 48:48“In a … Continue reading John Milbank on Our Participation in Mary’s Assent (and Much More)
Jesus and the Ancient Paths 