Category: Psalms
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Psalm 147: On The Cruelty of Nature
“He gives to the beasts their food,and to the young ravens who cry.” We see with natural eyes what we call natural law. We see animals eating, and then our logic finds no need to picture a god atop the food chain. And so we have to mentally edit texts like these and call them…
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The Mind Puzzles, The Feelings Feel, The Heart Wants
Consider the perpetual arguments, the ones that have been going on long enough that everyone should have figured out the debate is not actually progressing in either of the two antagonistic directions. Here is the short list, you could add your versions of these: By now you are ready to say “nominalism vs. realism, in…
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Psalm 131: Willing To Listen
Thomas Merton claims that silence is our admission that we have broken communication with God and are now willing to listen. From today’s lectionary (BCP) Psalm 131 I Have Calmed and Quieted My Soul A Song of Ascents. Of David. 131:1 O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too…