I Don’t Go in for Hierarchy
I’ve been reading the first few chapters of Touching Heaven the last few days, and there’s something in it that sticks in my craw. In a word, it’s hierarchy. The book is about Orthodox Christianity, …
Tag: things I know to be true
So Say Yes
I have found a key. Nothing is ever lost. When the stomach flu racks your body or death disintegrates you or you’re born or born again or you fall in love or lose a leg, …
My Faith Must Be of This Land
I paused from my study to read back over these entries, trying to make sense of something that eludes me. It has to do with this subject of lineage and place and how they affect …
Add and Drop
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Said the Sluice Gate
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning …
Raison D’être
There is a sense in which structure engenders expanse. Sometimes the infinity of a thing cannot be known until it’s given definition. Within limits, eternity can bloom. There is also a time to forsake limitations, …