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A “scream” is always just that – a noise and not music. Carl Jung A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment. Carl Jung All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy. What right have we then to depreciate imagination. Carl […]
Oscar Cullman
‘…. believed that every Christian confession [denomination] embodies a permanent spiritual gift, which it should preserve, nurture, purify and deepen, and which should not be given up for the sake of homogenization.’ Christian Century March 3, 1999, p.244
Rick Warren Interview
A short interview with Rick Warren, “Purpose Driven Lifeâ€Â author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California. People ask me what is the purpose of life? And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven. One day […]
Moltmann declared No 1 in 20th century at theology world cup final
July 12, 2006 German Protestant Juergen Moltmann has been declared the greatest theologian of the 20th century in the final round of the Systematic Theology World Cup that took place on the Internet while the world’s top soccer tournament was happening in Germany. “Moltmann’s relevance for his age, as well as his impact on church […]
Bonhoeffer
Bonhoeffer reminds us from his grave that humans have come of age, and that our Christian faith must be disentangled from much irrelevant apparatus of religion… He stood firmly for the absolute claim of Christ against the absolute claim of Hitler in a world where the majority espoused a relativism that was totally ineffectual, but […]
Going My Way (Barbara Brown Taylor)
Going My Way Barbara Brown Taylor’s “memoir of faith”. by Garret Keizer I struck the board, and cry’d, No more,” begins George Herbert’s famous poem on religious rebellion, “The Collar” (1633). The title does not refer to clerical collars, which were not in use in the 17th century, though it has often been taken that […]
Mark Twain on Christianity
Mark Twain on various aspects of Christianity ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Christian’s Bible is a drug store. Its contents remain the same; but the medical practice changes…The world has corrected the Bible. The church never corrects it; and also never fails to drop in at the tail of the procession- and take the credit of the correction. […]
Dame Julian Of Norwich, Contemplative
DAME JULIAN OF NORWICH, CONTEMPLATIVE (8 MAY 1417) The Lady Juliana was born about 1342, and when she was thirty years old, she became gravely ill and was expected to die. Then, on the seventh day, the medical crisis passed, and she had a series of fifteen visions, or “showings,” in which she was led […]
John Keble, Priest, Poet, Renewer Of The Church
JOHN KEBLE, PRIEST, POET, RENEWER OF THE CHURCH (29 MAR 1866) John Keble, born 1792, ordained Priest in 1816, tutor at Oxford from 1818 to 1823, published in 1827 a book of poems called THE CHRISTIAN YEAR, containing poems for the Sundays and Feast Days of the Church Year. The book sold many copies, and […]
John Donne, Priest, Poet, And Preacher
JOHN DONNE, PRIEST, POET, AND PREACHER (31 MAR 1631) “All mankind is one volume. When one man dies, one chapter is torn out of the book and translated into a better language. And every chapter must be so translated. God employs several translators. Some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, […]
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