Theology That Bites Back
Prolegomena to the Preamble to the Introduction: I suppose I need to say, right at the outset, that this blog post is something of a beast. You might say it is a little hefty. But this happened for ...
“The king himself came from the queen’s quarters,
Regal and royal, the ring-treasure guardian,
Well-known and noble, knights and earls with him,
A column of comfort, the queen right beside him,
And beautiful, bountiful, a bevy of women”
“He was famed as a fighter, ferocity unmatched,
A baron of battle, the best in the business,
His great and good deeds, all gained by his courage”
“Conquering they killed a whole clan of giants,
Seeking with swords to signal their glory”
I will have a good deal to say about this in the weeks to come, but I wanted to make one crucial point before the day was over. It is a point that will have to be made repeatedly, so we might as well start making it now. All the conservatives who condemned this last …
Introduction: So it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter ...
“And song after song the stop would recount
From his storehouse of stories, singing with wisdom,
Glorying in good words, the great, ancient tales.
One after another he eagerly sang them,
Weaving in wisdom, old words with new ones”
Letter to the Editor: "This is normally just a formality, but this time it will include ratifying that greasy black cloud hovering over Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Arizona. " I just ...
“Facing his death-fate, his fen then received him,
Lurking and luckless, from life he relinquished
His hard-hearted soul. Hell came then and took him”
