Entries from January 2009
As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God
January 13th, 2009 · Comments Off
This is interesting: From The Times December 27, 2008 As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa’s biggest problem – the crushing passivity of the people’s mindset by Matthew Parris
Tags: Christian Living · Hat Tips · The World
Contemplation of Scripture is primarily Spiritual before it is literary
January 13th, 2009 · Comments Off
The older contemplators of scripture possessed the art of seeing the total form within individual forms and of bringing it to light from within them. But this naturally presuposes an understanding of totality that is spiritual and not literary.- von Balthasar, The Glory of the Lord, p.550
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts
Image of God
January 12th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Spirituality means, among other things, taking ourselves seriously. It means going against the cultural stream in which we are incessantly trivialized to the menial status of producers and performers, constantly depersonalised behind the labels of our degrees or our salaries. But there is far more than our usefulness and our reputation, where we’ve been and [...]
Tags: Christian Living · Theology Thoughts
Coming Home
January 11th, 2009 · Comments Off
Sorry for the lack of posting, currently in a service station driving home after a great new years trip home to Cornwall. Service will resume shortly.
Tags: Miscellaneous
Shared Articles Feed
January 4th, 2009 · Comments Off
One of my favourite finds are when blogs post links as an aside to other articles (here are some examples, Challies and Geek and Mild) they have been reading, I haven’t worked out how to publish these into my main feed, although I do attempt the weekly round up, but for a while I’ve been [...]
Tags: Technology · Web 2.0
Sometimes I think Id like to work in a Library
January 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends, but they are imprisoned by an enchanter in these paper and leathern boxes; and though they know us, and have been waiting two, ten, or twenty centuries for us,—some of them,—and are eager to give us a sign and unbosom themselves, it is [...]
Tags: Miscellaneous · My Life
