October 2010
6 posts
“We are not holy by nature, but by participation, practice and prayer.”
– St. Cyril of Jerusalem (ca. 313 – 386 CE)
a metamorphosis
Inhaling breath upon breath of the richness of life; the intake of Spirit revives exhausted airways, invigorating the waste-away with unfettered power.
Life-blood flows afresh through ghosted veins, pulsing passion with the rhythmic gallops of hoofed feet.
Mortified muscles strain to shake free from death’s sleep. Limbs long-unused stretch to find purchase with the earth.
An unsteady few...
When "Social Gospel" is Insufficient...
At Evensong tonight, the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, Katharine Jefferts Schori, gave a sermon. The text for this evening was Luke 9:1-17 and included one of the miraculous feeding stories of Jesus found in every one of the gospel accounts. While I must confess that I did not listen to every word of her sermon (an uncomfortability with other aspects of the service helped my mind...
Storied Theology » The Righteousness of God (2 of... →
As I read these two dueling theologies, it suggests itself repeatedly that Piper’s concerns about God’s glory, and the preservation of the name of God, are met precisely through God’s meeting God’s covenantal obligations to Israel, as Wright proposes.
