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Entries from February 1, 2007 - March 1, 2007
Synesthesia
Posted Friday, February 2, 2007 in Unpublished
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The Lost Gospel of Mary: Who Was She?
Posted Thursday, February 1, 2007 in Orthodoxy, Christian Life, Gender, Christian Apologetics
[excerpted from “The Lost Gospel of Mary,” Paraclete Press, 2007]
The Beloved Virgin Mary
Who was she?
It is hard to see Mary clearly, beneath the conflicting identities she has borne over the centuries. To one era she is the flower of femininity, and to another the champion of feminism; in one age she is the paragon of obedience, and in another the advocate of liberation. Some enthusiasts have been tempted to pile her status so high that it rivals that of her Son. Others, aware that excessive adulation can be dangerous, do their best to ignore her entirely.
Behind all that there is a woman nursing a baby. The child in her arms looks into her eyes. Years later he will look at her from the cross, through a haze of blood and sweat.
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What's Wrong with "Spirituality"
Posted Thursday, February 1, 2007 in Orthodoxy, Christian Life
[Gifted For Leadership, January 2007]
I don’t like the category “spirituality.” It sounds so external. It sounds so optional. It isn’t a concept I find in the first millennium, or anywhere in Eastern Christianity. As far as I can tell, what people today mean by “spirituality” is what St. Paul meant by “life in Christ.”
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