This book can best be described as an extended meditation on suffering, phenomenological in method and dialectical in point of view. The angle the author takes is that of moral self-examination rather that conventional scholarly inquiry, and his aim is…
Tag: theodicy
Adam: God’s Beloved, by Henri J. M. Nouwen
The death of his friend Adam, a severely handicapped young man, spurred Henry Nouwen to write this book. He discovered that by reflecting on the story of this young man, he had found a way to describe his own understanding…
A Weekend With the Holy Trinity
A blog post review of William P Young’s allegory, “The Shack.” Includes a You Tube video discussion of the themes of the book. No spoilers included. Find it here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Rejoicing When Our Hearts are Breaking
During the third week of Advent, we are called to rejoice because the Lord’s coming is imminent. The very name of the third Sunday of Advent, Gaudete, comes from the first word of the Entrance Antiphon for the day’s Mass,…
