Professor Fredal was talking about Ecclesiastes. Wealth, reputation, accomplishment, none of these things matter, he said. The ultimate and only reality is death. Everything else is vanity and the chasing after winds. The wise and the foolish both die. It doesn't matter how you live your life. In the third row, a girl with blonde … Continue reading My Week with God – Living within Ecclesiastes
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My Week With God – The Face in the Tortilla
The smudge on the conference room table didn't really show a lion's face. But I've been drawing lions lately, and have begun to know the pattern of their faces, and so I was predisposed to see eyes and muzzle staring up at me from the dark, burnished wood. I was so taken with it that … Continue reading My Week With God – The Face in the Tortilla
My Week with God – Mysterious Divine Life Form
Maybe it was the sunlight on the turning trees that made me think of animism as I drove north to the Hermitage on Saturday. I was remembering an old argument I'd had with some conservative catholic students over whether or not animals had souls. Of course they have souls, I'd said, and I still believe … Continue reading My Week with God – Mysterious Divine Life Form
My Week with God – Annie Leibovitz and Mary Oliver
Walking through the Annie Leibovitz exhibit at the Wexner was like reading a novel or a short story. The images built and built, and there was a sense that they were leading to something, some high point which would pull all of the images together and make their meaning coherent. It was a rainy afternoon, … Continue reading My Week with God – Annie Leibovitz and Mary Oliver
My Week with God
It was raining on Tuesday when I walked into Paul's Diner and saw that Laurie had gotten there first and was sitting in our regular booth, reading her Bible and making notes in a wire bound notebook. Laurie's Bible is black and small and slim. Its black cover is crinkled and chipped in places from … Continue reading My Week with God
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