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"Re-read chapter 4 this morning and thought of Martin Buber's i-thou. I also thought of the theological understanding of incarnation, jn. 1:14, not as violent intrusion but as dynamic embodiment." — Jul 04, 2026 11:11AM
"Re-read chapter 4 this morning and thought of Martin Buber's i-thou. I also thought of the theological understanding of incarnation, jn. 1:14, not as violent intrusion but as dynamic embodiment." — Jul 04, 2026 11:11AM
“Prayer is not asking for what you think you want, but asking to be changed in ways you can't imagine.”
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“If thou could'st empty all thyself of self, like to a shell dishabited, then might He find thee on the ocean shelf, and say "This is not dead," and fill thee with Himself instead. But thou art all replete with very thou and hast such shrewd activity, that when He comes He says, "This is enow unto itself-'twere better let it be, it is so small and full, there is no room for Me.”
― The Complete Poems of T.E. Brown
― The Complete Poems of T.E. Brown
“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”
― The Road
― The Road
“She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.”
― Work: A Story of Experience
― Work: A Story of Experience
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