Tag: god
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Hagar as a Mirror of Mary — and Us
When we flee, He finds us. // When we consent, He conceives Himself within us. // And when we dare to lift our eyes, / we behold in the mirror of their lives / the mystery of all redemption…
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Defending Diaphoric Participation: Towards a Grand Unified Theology
John (raising a brow): You are dangerously close to universalizing a metaphor. // Presenter: True. But I argue it’s more than a metaphor–it’s a **meta-structure**. Diaphoric participation is _how_ theology happens, not just what it says.
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Defending Diaphoris: A Thesis Committee Across Time
Gregory: Hmm. Ecstatic agony, you say. That’s almost erotic. I rather like it. Reminds me of what I called “divine eros” in my Fifth Theological Oration. Though you walk a dangerous path—difference must be borne without division. The Trinity is not tension, but harmony…
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Beyond Orphic Idolatry: Honoring the Divine Gap of Otherness
Because the gap is not a sign of your absence. It is the space where God meets us—without turning either of us into the other.
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Diaphoris: The Ecstatic Agony of Divine Glory
But this “oneness” isn’t static. It’s not a melting into indistinction. It’s a communion of distinction, a unity born of love through difference. The key lies not merely in perichoresis—the classic doctrine of the mutual indwelling of the Trinity—but in something more dynamic, more painful, more creative…
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The Death of Agency
My Question: // How do I maintain my agency / Without giving in / To the illusion of control?
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Dream: Glory to God / Avenger Christmas
I am at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. / One of the (secular) bands is making everyone sing: Glory to God. / “Pretty wild, right?”
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7/4 Limerick: Compounding Love
Today I will compost my fear And self-protection Into compounding love
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The UnGiver, Part 2/6: BraveHeart
Robbing: Well, sometimes Father would make cryptic or fanciful statements about getting a message from the emperor. I always assumed they were childish fairy tales to amuse us. But now I wonder… BraveHeart: Whether they were real, and the Hermit was the messenger of the emperor!
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5/31 Limerick: Subtly His
If I’m to understand heaven’s plan for me / I need to start with God’s subtlety
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4/21 Limericks: Sup-Re-Natural
It’s natural to hate our foes / The authors of our earthly woes // But that’s not the end of our tale / We must learn to see past the veil…
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4/17 Limerick: Changing Faith
Faith cannot merely be passive / Or something that we take a class of / It’s making a bet / That God won’t forget / Which wins us a payoff that’s massive!
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4/8 Poem: Seeking NoMan
NoMan can face all these problems / NoMan can suffer with grace / NoMan will bring forth your Kingdom / For only NoMan sees your face
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4/7 Limerick: Father-Centric
I know it makes me look eccentric / But I choose to live life Father-centric / To know God as good / Must be understood / As how we all grow more authentic!
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4/3 Limerick: In God Wee Trust
Though we are lighter than dust / It matters in which God we trust / If we dare His face / Our cross unlocks grace / And heaven breaks through worldly crust
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Dream: Duck Type Casting
These kids are in love with an actual duck. One of the larger kids dresses up in a giant, non-realistic duck costume. They go on various misadventures. This intersects somehow with Amazon Web Services (AWS). [Clearly I’m working too hard!]
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1/24 Limericks: Open Doors (God’s Back-Up Plan)
The secret to embracing risk / When taking a leap that is brisk
Radically Happy 