Simple answers are seductive, but problematic. Plain words may fail to describe the fullness of our experience of the divine. Where plain words fail, poetry and song can sometimes help bridge the distance.
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Doubting Thomas: Is Christianity a system of belief or a way of life?
Can you have faith without doubt? Is Christianity a System Belief or a Way of Life?
Wendell Berry for Easter Week
I was tempted to read this whole poem for an Easter sermon. I didn’t, but I don’t know of a better sentiment for Easter week than Berry’s “Practice resurrection.” Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front by Wendell Berry Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready-made. Be afraid to know your neighborsContinueContinue reading “Wendell Berry for Easter Week”
Easter: How do you encounter resurrection?
In the short term, Rome was able to silence the revolutionary Jesus of Nazareth. They shut him down. Terrorized his followers, and cast them into the darkness. But then Mary Magdalene took some brave steps into that darkness. She had an encounter. She told the other disciples. Together they made sure that the Good News was told throughout the world.
Mike Angell 