Immature lovers say in the fever of early attraction: “I wish this moment could last forever.”
Read moreRoland Barthes and the burning bush
But a love that burns poses a problem. How can flame continue to burn? If it continues won’t it burn-out? And what then becomes of love? Here too it seems many of the social scientists and poets also agree: the thing we call love does not seem to be a thing that can burn forever. Either it burns or it remains. And thus Roland Barthes asks, why it is better to last than to last.
Read moreThe lives of others all over your own
What is hospitality if not the act of getting the lives of other people all over your own? …
Read morePower Point and Epiphany House Blessings
…When did the average pastor stop considering it his duty to regularly, at least annually, visit the homes of his parish?
Historically this happened no less than once a year. At Epiphany the priest(s) would make their way around the homes of the parish, drive-out darkness, bestow a blessing, hedge it with the Name of the Triune God, and meet with the family in the dwelling they called their own…
Read moreUtterly despised
It is because, in thinking that Love is the kind of thing that wealth can buy, that person reveals they do not in fact value love as highly as they appear.
Read moreChristmas Kisses
You can imagine each of these kissings appearing in the Christmas story: Joseph and Mary share a lover’s kiss; the Virgin kisses the cradled head of the infant Jesus; Elizabeth and Mary exchange a sororal kiss of greeting; etc.
Read moreWho is the 'Spirit of Christmas'?
The Spirit of Christmas is the answer to the riddle given to Adam and Eve at the Fall: that a Seed would rise from the woman and crush the head of the Serpent (Gen. 3:15). The Spirit of Christmas is the Holy Spirit who overshadowed the virgin Mary and filled her womb with the body of Jesus (Lk. 1:35), fulfilling the promise given to Eve. The Spirit of Christmas fulfills promises.
Read moreThere'd be chaos: 'Arthur Christmas' and 'Children of Men'
Jesus said that the secrets of our hearts will be shouted from the rooftops (Lk. 12:3). Very often the voice that does it is our own.
Read moreChristmas is for rotten people
Advent judgments and the Christmas film
…what makes a good Christmas film good is the degree to which the film levies an apocalyptic judgement on the world and redeems it…
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