I, too, appreciated the posts and comments regarding welcoming children last week. Mine was fun to write and promoted a few conversations in my personal life before posting. Thanks for welcoming others into the conversation and encouraging the discussion regarding how we welcome children.
It was wonderful that there were a cluster of posts at once. They each illuminated different and needed facets to the conversation, one which is usually far too one-dimensional.
Finally got a chance to dive into these. So many good links! I loved the Terence Malick article, especially the final quote by Charles de Koninck: “We will only be able to understand ourselves when we understand the universe. Our present is filled with the past.” Going to be ruminating on that for a while.
And I'm terrible at online read-alongs but have wanted to read Neil Postman for so long. Looking got to hearing your thoughts on the book!
I add at least one book to my “Want to Read” list on good reads every week a new issue of Life Considered is published. Which isn’t a bad thing as we went into the cozy, stay inside and read months 😉
You’ve convinced me to move Brant Pitre’s book right near the top of my to-read list. I grew up in a tradition that largely does not hold to real presence, but the more theological study I’ve done I’ve come to the view of real presence in the Eucharist myself. Seems like a great book to dig in deeper.
OK also, thank you for the essays regarding the search for Christ’s Body - the Sacrament of the altar as well as the Church. I just read two from East and one from Reimer.
The topics they discuss are unbelievably weighty, personal, and also relevant to the entirety of Christendom. I will simply comment that I appreciated their honesty regarding John 6 and its implications for us today. The celebration of the Lord’s Supper has divided those who hear the word of Christ ever since that discourse. It still is heartbreaking for many of us. Those who are blessed to receive the Sacrament in worship with the fellow saints ought to never take such gifts from God lightly; we ought to hold it out to the people of God as the medicine of immortality.
Isaiah 55
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.“
It seems quite a paradox, the pilgrimage on which many travel to find Christ and His Church, when we have such wealth of knowledge and tradition within our grasp. It shouldn’t be so difficult, and yet, I completely understand why it is.
I’m sensing a theme with the books you’re reading, Haley. 👀
I’m actually reading Brant Pitre’s book on Mary now and really enjoying it. Also, I loved the Terrence Malick article as expected. Hibbs is so good at weaving disparate subjects together. He was the dean at Baylor’s honors college while my sister was there and she loved him as a dean and prof.
Well I probably won't read much theology for a while, as my reading is rather varied. haha
We have that one by Pitre - it's actually on my bedside table (our 3 year old was studying the cover one night before bed). Taking that one off the shelf.... combined with coming across the Brad East piece on the eucharist... reminded me he had written the other book. This is the serendipitous way I often come to read or listen to books. :)
I, too, appreciated the posts and comments regarding welcoming children last week. Mine was fun to write and promoted a few conversations in my personal life before posting. Thanks for welcoming others into the conversation and encouraging the discussion regarding how we welcome children.
It was wonderful that there were a cluster of posts at once. They each illuminated different and needed facets to the conversation, one which is usually far too one-dimensional.
Finally got a chance to dive into these. So many good links! I loved the Terence Malick article, especially the final quote by Charles de Koninck: “We will only be able to understand ourselves when we understand the universe. Our present is filled with the past.” Going to be ruminating on that for a while.
And I'm terrible at online read-alongs but have wanted to read Neil Postman for so long. Looking got to hearing your thoughts on the book!
*remembering I'm due for a re-watch of many of Malick's films*
I add at least one book to my “Want to Read” list on good reads every week a new issue of Life Considered is published. Which isn’t a bad thing as we went into the cozy, stay inside and read months 😉
Absolutely - Winter is coming! (And, I'm glad to do it.)
You’ve convinced me to move Brant Pitre’s book right near the top of my to-read list. I grew up in a tradition that largely does not hold to real presence, but the more theological study I’ve done I’ve come to the view of real presence in the Eucharist myself. Seems like a great book to dig in deeper.
It is utterly fascinating.
OK also, thank you for the essays regarding the search for Christ’s Body - the Sacrament of the altar as well as the Church. I just read two from East and one from Reimer.
The topics they discuss are unbelievably weighty, personal, and also relevant to the entirety of Christendom. I will simply comment that I appreciated their honesty regarding John 6 and its implications for us today. The celebration of the Lord’s Supper has divided those who hear the word of Christ ever since that discourse. It still is heartbreaking for many of us. Those who are blessed to receive the Sacrament in worship with the fellow saints ought to never take such gifts from God lightly; we ought to hold it out to the people of God as the medicine of immortality.
Isaiah 55
“Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food.“
Nothing as eloquent as these men, but I have a simple poem on the Supper, framed in John 6, scheduled for November.
Looking forward to it, Leah.
(And man, that essay by Reimer has stuck with me. It even came up in a related, lengthy conversation with my husband last night. There's a lot there.)
It seems quite a paradox, the pilgrimage on which many travel to find Christ and His Church, when we have such wealth of knowledge and tradition within our grasp. It shouldn’t be so difficult, and yet, I completely understand why it is.
Lord, have mercy on us.
Wow that Mark Driscoll piece… lots to think about. It overlaps with many conversations my husband and I have with priests.
Oooo do tell. Related to the men in the church they interact with, or something else?
I’m sensing a theme with the books you’re reading, Haley. 👀
I’m actually reading Brant Pitre’s book on Mary now and really enjoying it. Also, I loved the Terrence Malick article as expected. Hibbs is so good at weaving disparate subjects together. He was the dean at Baylor’s honors college while my sister was there and she loved him as a dean and prof.
Well I probably won't read much theology for a while, as my reading is rather varied. haha
We have that one by Pitre - it's actually on my bedside table (our 3 year old was studying the cover one night before bed). Taking that one off the shelf.... combined with coming across the Brad East piece on the eucharist... reminded me he had written the other book. This is the serendipitous way I often come to read or listen to books. :)
Thanks for the shoutout and wonderful recommendations!
Thanks for the mention, Haley. It means a lot to me. Have a great week!