An Occasional Digest
In an earlier post, I started compiling the passages I like best from the first chapter of Before Philosophy, because there’s something in there that strikes a chord and I want to tease out what it is. I left off with …
I mentioned I’ve been reading Before Philosophy by Henri and Henriette Frankfort, et al. And I mentioned it’s one of my favorite treatises on mythology. What I didn’t mention is the lights-on moment I got the first time I picked up this book, which …
On page 12 of Going Home, Thich Nhat Hanh said this: When we ask, ‘Is God a person or is God not a person,’ we get lost. In fact, God is not a person, and God is not a non-person. There …
This is an ongoing series of meditations on faith, in response to readings from the articles that preface The Oxford Study Bible. I will trust the reader to dig up the context if the meaning is unclear. Speaking of spirits …
I can see why they call it the Tao. I can see why the Bible says God makes it rain on the righteous and wicked alike: everywhere, there’s this law, this boarding pass to another way of being, and if …