Fragments
A huge storm formed in the south Pacific, turned in on itself and around itself, swept the world into itself, gained glory, gained a name. The huge storm moved across the ocean, over people. Ten thousand people died.
Haiyan, Haiyan.
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Saint Jean-Baptiste dans le désert, Georges de la Tour. Public domain.
A responsive reading for congregations focusing on the Advent call to repentance in response to the imminent coming of the Lord. All words come from across Scripture, rearranged like a collage for specific effect.
Read MoreWhen I want to know God better through Bible study, my biggest, best aids are often my own confusions. They're like big, heavy keys that can unlock new roomfulls of God's piercing and guiding light. They’re like maps to buried jewels that I’ve never seen before. They're like signed, sealed guarantees that I'm not just making a god of my own ideas. By returning to my ignorance, I have hope that I can grow.
I collect them, my biblical confusions, like gemstones, marking my Bible's margins up with question marks. That's the number one mark in my Bible, a question mark. I think that's a very good thing.
Sloppy thinking is not, no, not as good as good thinking, so far as thinking goes, but it’s often the same as saying, “I love you more than I love this thought,” and that, yes, that is good.
There is no necessary connection between these ideas: “That is good, true, and beautiful,” and “That should be mine.”
There is no necessary connection between these ideas: “That is good, true, and beautiful and could be mine,” and “That should be mine.”
There is no necessary connection between these ideas: “This is bad, false, and ugly,” and “This should not be mine.”
There is no necessary connection between these ideas: “This is bad, false, and ugly and could be not-mine,” and “This should not be mine.”
Contempt? Familiarity may just as easily breed contentment, thank you.
Inhibition may look like self-control, but it differs from the virtue to the same degree that bondage differs from independence.
Maybe Goodness has to do with things in themselves, Truth has to do with things and their images, and Beauty has to do with the relationships between things.
