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“In meditation we catch ourselves waging violence on parts of ourselves. This is the seedbed of War. All violence is the act of acting out our own violence toward our own heart.”— Jim Finley I’m doubling-up this week, to catch up with some Advent meditations for you. This one is about PEACE, typically our second […]
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This Fall, I found a social scientist whose new book has been deeply helpful to me, as I try to unpack Hope this Advent season. The book is “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness,” by Jamil Zaki.
Read MoreThe MAGA-GOP really IS saying “my choice” to the autonomy of actual women.
But theologically they also say “my choice” to “the Body of Christ.”
The two are, horrifically, interconnected.
One is the actions of actual human men toward human women, demanding an ownership of actual women’s bodily autonomy.
The other is a prior “theological ownership” over Jesus….demanding the control of the Body of Christ.
During this Christmas season, I’ve written meditations on one of my favorite literary works of all time:WH Auden’s “For The Time Being.” (FTTB) Here are links to each section.Feel free to keep this page handy, for easy future reference. Unpacking WH Auden’s “For the Time Being.” Section One: “ADVENT.” Section Two: “THE ANNUNCIATION“ Section Three: […]
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The Final Section of WH Auden’s “For the Time Being” (FTTB)(For the Previous Section: Click Here.) So finally, today, I offer a our final mediation on this great Christmas Play. Those who celebrate the Commercialist Christmas —who believe Christmas ends on December 26th— you no doubt see it as ridiculous that I’m still writing on […]
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Section Eight of WH Auden’s “For The Time Being.” (FTTB) And so, after the theological/philosophical ramblings of the last section, WH Auden returns us to the characters again.Let’s get to it. First, as I’ve done with other sections, a few words of what we know of the actual King Herod…. Herod was a puppet king, […]
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Section Seven of WH Auden’s “For The Time Being.” (FTTB)(For the previous section: Click Here) I should say from the outset that in my many readings of FTTB, I often skip over this entire section. It’s always felt like a weird little interruption to the narrative, and a section of incredibly deep philosophy/theology that even […]
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Sections Five and Six of WH Auden’s “For The Time Being.” (FTTB)(For section four: click here) Well, I’ve gotten a bit behind schedule, and so we’ll cover two sections today. But this isn’t bad, really, because it will allow us to continue the compare/contrast of two groups of characters. As you might recall from last […]
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SECTION FOUR OF WH AUDEN’S “FOR THE TIME BEING” (FTTB) (For Section Three, click here)After a break for New Year’s weekend, let’s continue with our conversation about WH Auden’s “For the Time Being,” (FTTB) and section four, in which we meet the “Wise Men.” I should note that this is all a bit out of […]
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SECTION TWO OF WH AUDEN’S “FOR THE TIME BEING” (FTTB) (For Second Two, click here)As I’ve already said previously, this is my favorite section of the entire poem, and a bit of writing/theology that’s been deeply influential to me for thirty years. Auden’s depiction of Joseph here, to me, is spot on for what he […]
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