Monthly Archives: June 2011

ANOTHER COMMENT ABOUT “BELIEF”

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

“Fairy tales are more than true — not because they tell us dragons exist, but because they tell us dragons can be beaten.” – G. K. Chesterton

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PENTECOST: ECSTATIC UTTERANCES IN A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

Posted on June 12, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

Today is Pentecost.  Pentecost is more meaningful to me than either Christmas or Easter.  To me, the meaning of the Pentecost story universalizes the experience of the divine world intersecting with the material world.  In the story, at a gathering … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER THOUGHT ON “BELIEF”

Posted on June 12, 2011 by nancyjfinleysd

“Nobility of spirit is the grace – or ability – to play, whether in heaven or on earth. And this … noblesse oblige … was precisely the virtue of the Greek poets, artists, and philosophers, for whom the gods were … Continue reading →

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