Archive for 2023
July 24th, 2023 | 
Author: “O ye of little faith.” Jesus’ criticism of his disciples applies to all of us in a way that is not often considered. We do not recognize the depth and wonder of humans, even those of us who confess that we believe all humans are made in the image of God. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Bible, Religion and Culture, Spirituality, Theology | 
Tags: belief, challenges, character, commitment, digital age, freedom, God, human nature, image of God, Jesus, Psalmist, relationships | 
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Last night four of us met to discuss the first chapter of G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday. The discussion ranged freely from anarchy, chaos and order in the arts to Chesterton’s use of colors and atmosphere, and the possible importance of the dream or nightmare motif to the novel. However, those topics, important and fascinating as they may be, are not what I want to write about here. Rather, the evening revealed something crucial about human nature. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Philosophy |
Tags: anarchy, Bloomsbury group, chaos, epistemology, friendship, G. K. Chesterton, human nature, images, Inklings, knowledge, order, philosophes, poetry, Psalm 19, revolutionary France, Samuel Johnson, Socrates, stories, The Man Who Was Thursday, truth |
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I am almost **.5 years old, and my students are in their teens. Some of their parents are younger than my sons. In my post “On Aging” (https://www.billisley.com/2023/01/on-aging/#more-4730) I mentioned discussing the Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard with them. That experience resulted in a conjunction of theological truth with the spiritual life, being a lifelong learner, and the high and dread calling of the teacher. Read the rest of this entry »
No one has said, or at least should have said, that aging is easy. Read the rest of this entry »