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I Was Vicar of Large Things

I was vicar of large thingsin a small parish. Small-mindedI will not say, there were depthsin some of them I shrank backfrom, wells that the word “God”fell into and died away,and for all I know is stillfalling. Who goes for waterto such must prepare for a longwait. Their eyes looked at meand were the remainsContinue reading “I Was Vicar of Large Things”

Devoting ourselves to God out of love for eternal life

Let it not be enough for you that you hear the divine lessons in church, but read them yourselves at home or look for others to read them and willingly listen to them when they do. Although through the mercy of God you frequently and devoutly hear the divine lessons throughout the entire year, stillContinue reading “Devoting ourselves to God out of love for eternal life”

Lo, the full, final sacrifice

Lo, the full, final sacrificeOn which all figures fix’d their eyes,The ransom’d Isaac, and his ram;The Manna, and the Paschal lamb.Jesu Master, just and true!Our Food, and faithful Shepherd too! O let that love which thus makes theeMix with our low Mortality,Lift our lean Souls, and set us upConvictors of thine own full cup,Coheirs ofContinue reading “Lo, the full, final sacrifice”

Everybody Worships

Here’s something else that’s weird but true: in the day-to-day trenches of adult life, there is actually no such thing as atheism. There is no such thing as not worshipping. Everybody worships. The only choice we get is what to worship. And the compelling reason for maybe choosing some sort of god or spiritual-type thingContinue reading “Everybody Worships”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Death and Mourning

“Nothing can make up for the absence of someone whom we love,  and it would be wrong to try to find a substitute;  we must simply hold out and see it through.  That sounds very hard at first,  but at the same time it is a great consolation,  for the gap, as long as itContinue reading “Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Death and Mourning”