Glory to God For All Things

Category: Last Things

  • Heaven On Their Minds

    Years ago, I recall hearing someone complain about zealous Christians, “They are so heavenly minded that they are of no earthly good.” The truth of the statement depends entirely on the understanding of heaven and earth. It is possible to pursue a version of “heaven” such that the spiritual life is undermined. It is also…

  • What Is the Truth?

    In the Gospel record of Christ’s trial before Pontius Pilate, we are told that Christ said He had come to bear witness to the Truth. Pilate, in what he must have thought was a clever response, says, “And what is Truth?” We know from elsewhere in the Gospel that Christ explained, “I am the Way,…

  • Cultures of Remembrance

    I grew up in a “culture of remembrance.” By that, I mean that the history of the place in which I lived was far more a matter of discussion and meaning than the present or the future. That culture was the American South. Much of the remembrance we discussed was not true – just a…

  • Can This Really Be the End? – Musing about the Eschaton

    This is one of the earliest articles I wrote. In view of our current crises (plural) it seemed worth reprinting. O, Mama, can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues again. Bob Dylan Ok. I’ll confess it right up front – I’m a Dylan fan. It shows…

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  1. Thank you so much for this, Dee. I will have to buy these books. This, especially, consoles me: “I’ll end…

  2. Dee, thank you for taking time to direct me to these points. I am writing a piece, hoping to tie…

  3. Bonnie, I spent an hour or so looking for the succinct words I used to describe St Sophrony’s. I found…

  4. Dear Michael, Indeed joy is essential to the fullness of life and we know the fullness of life in gratitude…

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