Windows to Heaven Are Not One Way

Posted on 9/4/2007 in Beauty, Icons, Orthodox Christianity, Prayer, Saints with 13 Comments

I am participating in an icon workshop this week. Lectures, slides, and the slow process of learning how icons are painted, by painting one yourself under the guidance of an accomplished master. My experience is that you very quickly see that here you can only be pupil (at least at this stage of my life). A small but interesting point … Continue reading →

What Do You See Outside Your Window – Evil in a One-Storey Universe

Posted on 9/4/2007 in Beauty, The Church with 14 Comments

A question was put several days back about what would be said about “evil in a one-storey universe?” Of course, as I’ve thought about the question, my simplest conclusion is to wonder how one would give an account of evil in a two-storey universe. For it seems that those who have imagined the universe as a two-storey affair have largely … Continue reading →

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Have you ever referred to God as “the Man upstairs”? Most Christians living in a secular society have unwittingly relegated God and all things spiritual to the “second storey” of the universe: Read More...
Christianity in a One-Storey Universe