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In January, we diet. That’s the sense you’ll get if you talk to the average person on the street. We overindulged at Christmas, but that’s long over, now we sit in the drab darkness trying to force ourselves to eat healthy things, go to the gym, or pound the pavement in the lashing rain. The… Continue reading Fasting and Feasting
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven's Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III. Dear Adsum Thank you for your letter. You are kinder… Continue reading Money, Chastity, and Authority: Polycarp IV
Jesus tells us to render to Caesar what is Caesar's (Mark 12), what bears his image, meaning coinage; he continues that we should render to God what is God’s, what bears God’s image, meaning us. Our whole selves are supposed to be offered to God, such that the offering of my self to God becomes… Continue reading An Order of Loves
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