Where I live, winter is very long. Usually around this time, I am ready for spring. I buy my seeds and start planning my garden, and I just can’t wait to smell earth. But if I’m not careful, I will start to resent winter and its grayness and I will only love the promise of […]
Mission
Pinnacle of Advent
Our journey with Pascal continues… It seems to be another wink from God that our advent posts peak with our need for a savior. For we’ve lamented in our lack of understanding whether it’s revealed in our frustration with mathematics or our inability to understand creation. We have seen Pascal’s observation: There is a God
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What Frustration Reveals
Our walk through the truths of Pascal continues… …if there be a true religion on earth, the course of all things must tend to it as to a centre. (Pascal, 556) Our own ineptness reveals to us something greater. For it is never more clear to man that he is not god more so
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Why Adventure?
Have you ever wondered how the word “adventure” is connected to the word “advent”? What exactly is going on there? The etymology of words is an interesting branch of study which quickly leads into rabbit trails and time warps. The word advent, as most of you know, comes from the latin verb “advenire” which is