God speaking: Those who speak words of peace all through their life will at their death receive what I have promised– an eternity of peace, of supreme, unending, tranquility and rest, an incomprehensible good, the value of which no one can measure. I alone can value and comprehend what joy awaits you. The good that…
Diary
In Two Minds
“IN TWO MINDS” from Carl Krull on Vimeo. Great animation by Carl Krull, HT to PitchDesignUnion.
The Evolution of Type Taste
The Evolution of Type Taste by Jessica Hische
Gone Before by Dobby Gibson
Gone Before Sadness, though your beard may be fake, your anonymity is quite real, whispered the dying man to his nurse, raising his arms for his last sponge bath. Early renderings had no vanishing point. Painters dream in oil. Dreams, like canaries, are sent down into our mineshafts to discover how long we might survive;…
Resurrection = Insurrection
The Story of Saint Valentine
He signed his last note, “From Your Valentine.” “In 270 A.D., marriage had been outlawed by the emperor of Rome, Claudius II. Claudius issued this decree because he thought that married men made bad soldiers since they were reluctant to be torn away from their families in the case of war. Claudius had also outlawed…
The Weak Force of God
“The weak force of God is embodied in the broken body of the cross, which has thereby been broken loose from being and broken out on the open plane of the powerlessness of God. The power of God is not pagan violence, brute power, or vulgar magic; it is the power of the powerlessness, the…
Logic of the Impossible
John Caputo talks about the “Logic of the Kingdom” as being a sort of “Logic of the Impossible” in his book, The Weakness of God. I Love this idea. Take forgiveness for example. Say for instance that you have a bank loan in which you finally make the last payment–you’re now free and clear. What…
Absolute Master
“…no matter what God’s power may be, the first aspect of God is never that of absolute Master, the Almighty. It is that of a God who puts himself on our human level and limits himself.” Jacques Ellul, Anarchy and Christianity. #quotestoolongfortwitter
Few Can Resist the Power
“No mistake or crime is more horrible to God than those committed by power. Why? Because what is official is impersonal, and being impersonal is the greatest insult that can be paid to a person.” ~Kierkegaard The more I live and the more time I have to observe the world around me, the more clearly…