Month: May 2013
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John Wesley: “…I felt my heart strangely warmed…”
May 24, 1738 In the evening I went very unwillingly to a society in Aldersgate Street, where one was reading Luther’s preface to the Epistle to the Romans. About a quarter before nine, while the leader was describing the change which God works in the heart through faith in Christ, I felt my heart strangely…
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Christian Wiman: “‘The task is not to “believe” in a life beyond this one; the task is to perceive it. …”
‘The task is not to “believe” in a life beyond this one; the task is to perceive it. Perception is not projection: We are not meant to project our experience of this life into another, nor are we meant to imag- ine, by means of the details of this life (which is the only…
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The Second Moment of the Artist
Have you noticed it is exciting to start a painting, but you lose interest in the middle? I argue that we never lose interest in a sound composition, whether we are the artist or just the spectator. It is the geometric arrangement of lights and darks and lines of motion that capture our eye…
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Tim’s Adaptation of Clarke’s Third Law
Clarke’s Third Law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” My adaptation: Any sufficiently traced causation is indistinguishable from special creation.
