Written on
November 23, 2008 by
Eric in
Faith
From The Kierkegaarden:
“For faith is this paradox, that the particular is higher than the universal–yet in such a way, be it observed, that the movement repeats itself, and that consequently the individual, after having been in the universal, now as the particular isolates himself as higher than the universal. It this be not faith, ...
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Mark Doty wins the National Book Award in poetry for his collection "Fire to Fire".
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Written on
November 16, 2008 by
Eric in
Faith
"Visualizing the Bible" from National Geographic Best Science Images 2008
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Our journey had advanced;
Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come
To that odd fork in Being's road,
Eternity by term.
Our pace took sudden awe,
Our feet reluctant led.
Before were cities, but between,
The forest of the dead.
Retreat was out of hope,--
Behind, a sealed route,
Eternity's white flag before,
And God at every gate.
--Emily Dickinson
I was preparing to shut down Journey ...
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