A word on praise and prayer from Moltmann’s The Source of Life: The world is full of praise, for God is in this world. God is not far off, in the Beyond, but is himself the life in the world. Israel expresses this by saying that God’s Spirit, God’s Wisdom…
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Happy Moltmann Monday! Happy Pentecost! (Could there be a better duet?!) In honor of my favorite Christian holiday, today’s excerpt comes from The Spirit of Life p. 278ff: The early Christian experience of Pentecost is presented with metaphors about the rushing of a great wind, and a flaming fire…I am…
Oh, dear. What a week we had. Between the CDC posting an article about preparing for the zombie apocalypse to the dire (and false) predictions of Harold Camper, it seems everyone became fixated on discussions about the end of the world. But have no fear. It’s Moltmann Monday, and I…
Happy Moltmann Monday! This morning’s Moltmann quote comes from The Spirit of Life. In this section, he is attempting to provide a non-dualistic understanding of Paul’s discussion of the battle between the spirit and the flesh. Life in the flesh is false life, life that has missed its way, life…
Happy Monday, all. Today’s Moltmann minute comes from Sun of Righteousness, Arise! p.67: The Catholic liturgy for Easter Eve enjoins the reading of the first creation narrative, Genesis 1. That is a wonderful sign: the world begins with a ‘resurrection.’ It is called out of the darkness of chaos into…